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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Elfland en · PROPN

Etymology

From Middle English elfland, equivalent to elf + land; the idea of a home for elves appears in Scots Elfhame and Old Norse Álfheimr.

Meanings

  1. The land of the elves; home of the elves.
    • Elf-land was the name of the realm ruled by the king of Phairie. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 160:
    • O sweet and far from cliff and scar / The horns of Elfland faintly blowing. 1850, Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Splender Falls:
    • For there could be no doubt of it - it was true beyond disputing; he had met the best knight in Elfland, and he was not defeated yet! 1890, M.A. Curtois, Elf-Knights, London: Remington and Co., page 43:

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Translations (4)

sco Elfan (The land of the elves) · sco Elfin (The land of the elves) · non Álfheimr (The land of the elves) · non Álfheim (The land of the elves)