[2] lóa (f.) ‘golden plover’: ModIcel. lóa ‘golden plover’ (Pluvalis apricana). The more archaic form of the word was ló f. (cf. lóþræll ‘dunlin’, ModIcel. heiðló, heiðlóa, ModNorw. heilo ‘plover’ (see AEW: ló; ÍO: heiðló, heiðlóa).
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.