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Elfame
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Scots
Alternative forms
sco Elphyne Elphame Elfhame
Etymology
Elfhame and Elphame with the -hame stem ("home" in Scots) are modern conjectural readings by Robert Pitcairn, which he gave in footnotes and in index. They are his standardization for the various forms such as elfame and elfane (without -hame stem).
Proper noun
sco proper noun
fairyland
sco 1576 Robert Pitcairn ed. (1833) Criminal Trials, Vol. 1, Part. 2 http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=msouAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA53 53 Thai war the gude wychtis that wynnit in the Court of Elfame
References
DOST 30 January 2017
1833 Robert Pitcairn Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland, Vol. 1, Part 2 http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=msouAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA56 56, note 10 Elfame (text); "Fylit.' Fairyland, (q. d. Elf-hame)" (footnote)
Vol. 1, Part 3, p.162, note 2: "Elfame" (text) "..Queen of Faery, (q. d. elf-hame?)" (footnote)
Vol. 3, Part 2, p. 658 (index): "Elphame".
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