elfland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of elfland
Example Sentences
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A slight breeze had sprung up, raising minute particles of sand which caused the elfland on the horizon to quiver like a mirage.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
He goes through a number of extraordinary and fantastic rituals; which the pompous elfland he has entered demands.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward
Your namesake of the poem was a somewhat uncanny maid, if I recollect aright, and thought as little of seven years in elfland as ordinary folk do of half an hour on upper earth.
From Kilmeny of the Orchard by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
I thought—I thought I was in elfland and that they were paying me for the tithe to hell;” and he still shuddered all over.
From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Charlotte Mary Yonge
I have heard the horns of elfland blowing, and I could tell you the song the sirens sang.
From Tales of Fantasy and Fact by Brander Matthews
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