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According to Ross G. Arthur (
source), "Eir" means "copper" or "bronze" in Old Norse, not "help" or "mercy". "Eir" has the same meaning in modern-day Icelandic, which descended from Old Norse. Can anyone verify this? —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
66.90.212.115 (
talk) 05:23, 5 August 2010 (UTC)reply
There are
homophones afoot. There's a masculine word 'eir' with a metal meaning and a feminine word with a mercy meaning. See the dictionary:
[1]Haukur (
talk) 11:55, 5 August 2010 (UTC)reply
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According to Ross G. Arthur (
source), "Eir" means "copper" or "bronze" in Old Norse, not "help" or "mercy". "Eir" has the same meaning in modern-day Icelandic, which descended from Old Norse. Can anyone verify this? —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
66.90.212.115 (
talk) 05:23, 5 August 2010 (UTC)reply
There are
homophones afoot. There's a masculine word 'eir' with a metal meaning and a feminine word with a mercy meaning. See the dictionary:
[1]Haukur (
talk) 11:55, 5 August 2010 (UTC)reply