Elphame

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Scots

Proper noun

Elphame

  1. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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)