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Scots
Proper noun
Elphame
- Alternative form of Elfame
(Can we date this quote?), Robert Graves, “Thomas the Rhymer”, in English and Scottish Ballads:
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)”