Elphame
Scots
Proper noun
Elphame
- Alternative form of Elfame
- (Can we date this quote?), Robert Graves, “Thomas the Rhymer”, in English and Scottish Ballads:
- I am but the Queen of fair Elphame / Come out to hunt in my follie.
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References
- 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".
- Vol. 1, Part 3, p.162, note 2:
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