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Elʹberich

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The most famous dwarf of German romance. He aided the Emperor Otnit (who ruled over Lombardy) to gain for wife the Soldan’s daughter. (The Heldenbuch.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Either
Ejusdem Farinæ (Latin)
El Dorado
El Infante de Antequera
El Islam
El Khidr
Elagabalus
Elaine
Elasmotherium
Elberich
Elbow
Elbow Grease
Elbow Room
Elbows
Elden Hole
Elder Brethren
Elder-tree
Eleanor Crosses
Eleatic Philosophy
Elecampane and Amrida

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Dwarf Alberich (in the Nibelungen Lied)