[3] eimnir (m.) ‘flamer’: A hap. leg. According to AEW: eimnir, this heiti is derived from eimi/eimr m. ‘smoke, vapour, fire’. For the metaphoric use of ‘fire’ for ‘sword’, see such similar sword-heiti as logi ‘flame’, eldr ‘fire’, hyrr ‘blaze’ (st. 8/1, 2, 7).