Elphame

Scots

Alternative forms

Elfhame, Elfame, Elphyne

Etymology

Elphame and Elf-hame were speculative emendation or reconstruction by Robert Pitcairn (1833); the "Elphame" spelling was later used by author Robert Graves in his works.

Proper noun

Elphame

Fairyland.
- Thomas the Rhymer, from "English and Scottish Ballads", altered from the traditional version by Robert Graves:
  I am but the Queen of fair Elphame
  
  Come out to hunt in my follie.

References

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- 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".