[10] mǫrðr: An obscure name (cf. the weak verb merja ‘crush’, hence perhaps ‘gelded one’; ÍO: mörður). Otherwise ON mǫrðr m. is ‘marten’. It is possible that mǫrðr was placed erroneously among the names for ‘ram’ because the marten was unknown in Iceland (cf. CVC: mörðr).
References
- Bibliography
- CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
- ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.