Elfland

See also: elfland

English

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

The land of the elves. Home of the elves.
- 1850, Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Splender Falls (poem):
  O sweet and far from cliff and scar
  
  The horns of Elfland faintly blowing.

Alternative forms

Translations

The land of the elves

Old Norse: Álfheim, Álfheimr

References

Wikipedia article, Álfheim. Accessed April 16, 2007.

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