Elfame

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== Scots == === Alternative forms === Elphyne, Elphame, Elfhame === Etymology === Elfhame and Elphame with the -hame stem ("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 as elfame and elfane (without -hame stem). === Proper noun === Elfame fairyland === References === “Elfame”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 30 January 2017, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. Robert Pitcairn (1833), Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland, Vol. 1, Part 2‎[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".