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[8] Valgautr: Lit. ‘Gautr of the slain’ (the first element is valr m. or val n. ‘the slain’). Cf. Valfǫðr and Siggautr (sts 5/7, 6/2). Valgautr is also a heathen jarl from Gautland in Egils þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar (Flat 1860-8, II, 142, 145-7).