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Ouphe means (obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf..
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/ˈuːf/ · noun
(obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf..
1835, Review of The Culprit Fay and Other Poems by Joseph Rodman Drake and Alnwick Castle by Fitz-Greene Halleck, Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2, page 329, The plot is as follows. An Ouphe, one of the race of Fairies, has "broken his vestal vow," […] in short, he has broken Fairy-law in becoming enamored of a mortal.
Strew good luck, ouphes, on every ſacred room, That it may ſtand 'till the perpetual Doom, In ſtate as wholſom, as in ſtate 'tis fit; Worthy the owner, as the owner it.
For an Ouphe has broken his vestal vow; He has loved an earthly maid, And left for her his woodly shade;
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Ouphe means (obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf..
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1835, Review of The Culprit Fay and Other Poems by Joseph Rodman Drake and Alnwick Castle by Fitz-Greene Halleck, Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2, page 329, The plot is as follows. An Ouphe, one of the race of Fairies, has "broken his vestal vow," […] in short, he has broken Fairy-law in becoming enamored of a mortal.
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