[8] leifnir (m.): Perhaps a proper name. As a heiti for ‘ship’ the word is not found elsewhere, but Leifnir is the name of a sea-king (Þul Sækonunga 4/2). The word may be derived from -leif ‘inheritance’ or from the weak verb leifa ‘leave, relinquish’ (ÍO: Leifnir).