Elfland
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See also: elfland
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
elf + land, coming from the idea of an elf home (Elfhame) in Old English ballads and Álfheim in Old Norse mythology.
Proper noun[edit]
Elfland
- The land of the elves. Home of the elves.
- 1850, Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Splender Falls:
- O sweet and far from cliff and scar / The horns of Elfland faintly blowing.
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References[edit]
- Wikipedia article, Álfheim. Accessed April 16, 2007.