[2] sviplækja: This cpd is not attested elsewhere. The second element could be related to New Norw. løkje ‘idler, loafer’ (see ÍO: sviplækja) and the first probably derives from the same root as svipr m. ‘swoop’ and the weak verb svipa ‘swoop, flash’ (of a sudden noiseless motion; see CVC: svipa and compounds with svip-). This bird has not been identified, though CVC: sviplækja argues that it is ‘the brown sandpiper’ (Tringa fusca). Cf. also lækjaduðra ‘water rail’ or ‘redshank’ (Tringa totanus) (see Note to l. 6 below).