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[8] skær (m.) ‘sprinter’: An agent noun from the weak verb skæva ‘hurry’; cf. Skævaðr (l. 6 above) and Note to Anon Þorgþ I 2/2. The horse-heitiskær is frequently used in kennings for ‘ship’ and ‘wolf’ (LP: skær).