when later the entire concept was shifted , england , as 'luthany ' or 'luthien ' , remained pre- eminently the elvish land ; and tol eressea , with its meads and coppices , its rooks ' nests in the elm-trees of alalminore , seemed to the english mariner to be remade in the likeness of his own land , which the elves had lost at the coming of men : for it was indeed a re-embodiment of elvish luthany far over the sea .