[8] aurgefinn (m.) ‘dirt-prone one’: A cpd not attested elswhere. The first element is aurr m. ‘mud’ and the second the p. p. of the strong verb gefa ‘give’, referring to ‘one inclined to become dirty’ (SnE 1998, II, 238).
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.