Elfame

Scots

Alternative forms

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

Elfame

fairyland
- 1576, Robert Pitcairn ed. (1833), Criminal Trials, Vol. 1, Part. 2, page 53:
  Thai war the gude wychtis that wynnit in the Court of Elfame
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

“Elfame” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Robert Pitcairn (1833) Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland, Vol. 1, Part 2‎, page 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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