[6] eirsanns (gen.) ‘mercy-true’: An otherwise unattested cpd; all previous eds unnecessarily emend ms. -sanns to -sams, in part because eirsamr ‘peaceful, mild’ occurs in st. 49/6. As an adj. for Christ, however, the cpd eirsannr is well conceived. In addition to the meaning ‘true’, -sannr can, by association with the noun sannr m. ‘justice’, suggest Christ’s justice while eir- points to his tender mercy, an idea which dominates the st.