Elfland

See also: elfland

English

Alternative forms

• Elfenland, Elvenland
• elfland

Etymology

elf +‎ land, coming from the idea of an elf home (Elfhame) in Old English ballads and Álfheim in Old Norse mythology.

Proper noun

Elfland

1. 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.

Translations

The land of the elves

• Old Norse: Álfheim, Álfheimr
• Scots: Elfin, Elfan

References

• Wikipedia article, Álfheim. Accessed April 16, 2007.