[6] blær (m.): The origin and meaning of this heiti are unclear. According to Falk (1914b, 47-8), it is derived either from the adj. blár ‘dark, blue’ (cf. blár eggjar ‘dark edges’) or from blær m., a heiti for ‘ram’ (see Þul Hrúts l. 8; cf. MHG blæjen ‘bleat’). The word occurs only in the þulur. The meaning ‘bleater’, i.e. ‘noise-maker’, might be supported by other sword-heiti (cf. gjallr ‘clamouring one’ st. 1/6, galmr ‘clanging one’ st. 2/5, skerkir ‘noise-maker’ st. 2/1), as well as by semantically similar heiti listed in other þulur (see Gurevich 1992c, 40-4).