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form of the word. Besides this, Lemja is not app owing 
to its meaning. 
The Lappic name of the animal has been borrowed from 
the Norwegian, see Qvigstad”s *Nordische Lehnworter im Lap- 
pischen;” p. 2238 (Lomonjo), and p. 215 (Lemet)!. 
The old Norse word Lömundr is not compounded with Mndr, 
a *hound,” as it in the plural accusative is called Lomundi, not 
Lomunda. *Undr” must be either å derivative termination, or 
have arisen from vondr, *Vond””, and it must be due to å dif- 
ferent interpretation, influenced by hund, *hound,” that the 
word is in some districts (Sogn and Valdres), now occasionally 
pronounced Lomhund. 
Besides the Old Norse masculine form Lömundr, there must 
have been å neuter construction, Lømendi or Lømyndi. This may 
be concluded with certainty from the fact that the word is now 
used as å neuter noun, Lömende (Sætersdalen and West Tele- 
marken), Lömenne, Lemende &c. &c. (see Ivar Aasen). In Elf- 
dalen in Dalarne, Lymdåælld, which is neuter. 
Fritzner, in his Old Norse Dictionary>, states that Læningr 
= Lömundr, *Lemend,” is to be found in Gisle Surssön's Saga, 
pp. 67, 155 (cfr. pp. 179, 187 &c.). This is, however, very dubi- 
ous. The said word occurs there in å curious verse in which 
Gisle relates that *a sound fell on mine ear when I was in 
amongst the mountains. And I heard clearly that this noise 
proceeded from some Læmingjar which were fighting with each 
other. This foreshadows Oden's ravens' dew (i. e. Blood and 
War).” In the prose article, Læmingjar is described as being 
the name of species of bird, therefore Fritzner's explanation of 
it as meaning "Lemend” is doubtful.” 
1 Forh. Vid. Selsk. Christiania 1893, No. 1. 
? Vond is the common Norwegian name of Arvicola amphibius. 
Dr. Johan Fritzner, *Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog,” New 
Edition. B. IT p. 591 (Christiania 1891). 
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