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elven (adj.)
Old English
-ælfen
(n.) "an elf or fairy," usually a female one (see
elf
). Not a pure adjective in Middle English (
elvish
was used), but used in phrases such as
elven land
(c. 1300). Apparently revived as an adjective by Tolkien (1937).