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[1] fjǫrsungr (m.) ‘weever’: Trachinus draco ‘greater weever’; ModIcel. fjörsungur, ModNorw. fjesing (Nordgaard 1912, 60). As a term for a species of fish, the word is not found in other sources (see also fjǫrsungr in Þul Hauks 2/6 and Note there).