[4] mœrar ‘of the marshland’: Here understood as from the common noun mœrr ‘marshland’ and the base-word of a sea-kenning; however, it is possible that the regional name Mœrr, now Møre, in Norway, is specifically intended (cf. SnE 1998, I, 96 and II, 493).
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.