lómrnafnorðkarlkynm. [Shetl. loom], the loon, ember-goose, columbus arcticus, Edda (Gl.), Eggert Itin.; metaph. from the cry of these birds, a cry, lamentation; cp. bar-lómr: in local names, Lóma-gnúpr, Nj.II. meanness; lómi beittr, Ýt.; ala lóm, Hallfred.COMPDS: lómbragð, lómgeðr, lómhugaðr.Skammstafanir og tilvitnanirm.karlkyn (e. masculine)metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.cp.compare.COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)EddaEdda. (C. I.)Itin.Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.Nj.Njála. (D. II.)