"Álfheimr" meaning in Old Norse

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Proper name

Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|tr=}} Álfheimr m, {{non-proper noun|m}} Álfheimr m
  1. the home of the Ljósálfar (light elves, álfar, divine beings), located up in the sky, according to Norse mythology Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Álfheimr-non-name-MF-1v~HM Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 8 19 40 32 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 21 34 39 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 17 37 42 2
  2. Elfland Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Álfheimr-non-name-KqkTONNk Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 21 34 39 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 17 37 42 2
  3. possibly heaven Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Álfheimr-non-name-lLK8YcSd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Álfheim
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          "english": "\"There are many magnificient dwellings. One is there called Alfheim. There dwell the folk that are called light-elves; but the dark-elves dwell down in the earth.\"\n(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "roman": "Margir staðir eru þar göfugligir. Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. Þar byggvir fólk þat, er Ljósálfar heita, en Dökkálfar búa niðri í jörðu, ok eru þeir ólíkir þeim sýnum ok miklu ólíkari reyndum.",
          "text": "1220c, Sturluson, Snorri. Gylfaginning (The Fooling Of Gylfe)",
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