aurriði

m. salmon-trout.

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örriði, mod. urriði, a, m. salmo trutta, salmon-trout, Fél. i. II; salmo squamis argenteis, maculis nigris brunneo cinctis, pinna pectorali punctulis sex notata, Eggert Itin. p. 595: deriv. from örr, celer, and -riði, or from aurr (?); the Norse form aure indicates a diphthong, GÞl. 421, Edda (Gl.)

COMPDS: aurriðabekkr, aurriðafiski, aurriðanet, aurriðavatn.