elfling

noun

1. A small or tiny elf; an elf of a diminutive type.

   “The boy was a big man now and the child had grown into a young woman; quite different from the pretty little elfling who had sat upon his knee.”

   “Dear soul, dear changeling, elfling dear, My body's guest and mate, Now whither wilt thou go?”

   “At dawn beneath an apple tree, The morn her dancing elflings told To clothe the world in dewdrops free.”