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Aurvangr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From aurr (“clay, mud”) +‎ vangr (“wong, field”), thus meaning "Mud-wong".[1]

Proper noun

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Aurvangr m (genitive Aurvangs)

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
  2. (Norse mythology, in the plural) place-name

References

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  1. ^ 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
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