[8] Nis (f.) ‘Nissan’: Probably a variant of Niz (i.e. the Nissan), a river in Halland, present-day Sweden (then a part of Denmark). The spelling Nis is not found elsewhere, but the form Niz appears in skaldic verse (see SkP II, 912). Alternatively, Nis could be the River Ness which flows through part of the Great Glen in Scotland (CVC 780; Bugge 1875, 220; Finnur Jónsson 1933-4, 267), which might be supported by the Tˣ variant Nes. For other suggestions, see ÍO: Niz and Nis. The B variant Níl, ‘the Nile’, is given in st. 5/1 below and must be a scribal error.