Elfame

Scots

Alternative forms

• Elphyne,Elphame,Elfhame

Etymology

ElfhameandElphamewith the -hamestem ( "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 aselfameandelfane(without -hamestem).

Proper noun

Elfame

1. fairyland
   • 1576,Robert Pitcairn ed. (1833),Criminal Trials, Vol. 1, Part. 2‎^[1],page53:

     Thai war the gude wychtis that wynnit in the Court of Elfame

     (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

References

• “Elfame”in theDictionary of the Scots Language,Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• Robert Pitcairn (1833)Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland, Vol. 1, Part 2‎^[2],page56, 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".