[3] ísolfr (m.) ‘ice-wolf’: From íss m. ‘ice’ and úlfr m. ‘wolf’. As a heiti for ‘bear’ the word is not found elsewhere in Old Norse poetry, but it occurs with that meaning in the later rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: ísólfr). It is also attested as a m. pers. n. (Ísólfr, Hyndl 21/1).