Aurvangr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aurr (“clay, mud”) + vangr (“wong, field”), thus meaning "Mud-wong".[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Aurvangr m (genitive Aurvangs)
- (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
- (Norse mythology, in the plural) place-name
References[edit]
- ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4