[4] friggjarelda (f.) ‘white wagtail’: In the ms. this cpd is spelled (approximately) ‘friggiar9 ęllda’, i.e. ‘friggiarus ęllda’, with an extended loop above the final <r> in ‘friggiar’ that looks like the abbreviation for ‘us’. Skj B and Skald take this as two separate words (friggjarr, elda). The meaning of the cpd could be the same as ModIcel. maríuerla, maríátla ‘white wagtail’ (Motacilla alba). The second element, elda, is most likely < ertla (ModIcel. erla ‘wagtail’; see l. 7), and Friggjar erla would be ‘Frigg’s wagtail’, in which the name of a Norse goddess was later replaced by Máría (see ÍO: friggjarelda). See also óðinshani ‘red-necked phalarope’ (st. 2/1).