[2] Eikþyrnir: Lit. ‘oak-antlered one’. The first element of the cpd is eik f. ‘oak’, and the second is þyrnir m. ‘thorn’ (or connected with the weak verb þyrna ‘surround with thorns’, so AEW: þyrna). In Grí 26/1-3 and Gylf (SnE 2005, 33), Eikþyrnir is the stag that stands on the roof of Valhǫll and feeds on the branches of the tree Læraðr. This mythical name was apparently not used by the skalds.