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Translation of "Eir"

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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]