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[6] salin (f.): A hap. leg. The origin of this heiti is obscure. It could have been derived from the Gmc root *sel- which denotes water. ÍO: Salin, Sálgarheim(u)r lists two ‘New Norwegian’ river-names Sala and Selja in support of that etymology.