[3] hemlir (m.) ‘rowlock-strapped one’: A term not attested elsewhere (see SnE 1998, II, 307) and derived from hamla ‘rowlock, oar-loop’ (st. 8/2). Cf. hǫmlungr ‘oar-strapped one’ (st. 2/3 above).
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.