rosmhvalr
nafnorðkarlkynrosm-hvalr
m. [Ivar Aasen rosmaal; Engl. wal-rus and A. S. bors-hwæl are prob. corrupt forms of the same word: it is not known how the former part of the compd is to be explained]:—a walrus, Jb. 310, K. Þ. K. 112, Bs. i. 641; and in local names, Rosmhvala-nes, in Icel., whence Rosm-hvelingar, m. pl. the men from R., Sturl. i. 224: rosm-hvalr and rostungr are synonymous, so that in the Jb. some MSS. have the one word, some the other.