Operation Ellamy was the codename Name_conferral for the United Kingdom participation Participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya .

The randomly generated codename , `` Ellamy , '' is an alternative spelling Writing of the Early Modern English word , Elami ( E-la-mi ) , a musical solmisation designating Choosing the note E in the context of a tetrachord .

The spelling `` Ellamy '' is found Know in a poem frequently attributed to John Skelton , `` The Harmony of Birds '' .