[3] spori (m.) ‘informer’: A hap. leg., possibly related to the weak verb spyrja ‘ask, inform’ (so AEW: spori 2). If so, the word refers to the raven as a prophetic bird. Alternatively, the heiti has been explained as ‘one with spurs’ (from spori m. ‘spur’; so ÍO: spor, spori).
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.