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[7] hrǫtuðr (m.) ‘stumbler’: A hap. leg.; an agent noun derived from the weak verb hrata ‘stagger, fall, tumble’. Skj B and Skald have hvǫtuðr ‘instigator, inciter’, which could be an error (the reason for the emendation is unclear).