Editing Eir (section)

===Skaldic poetry and runic inscription===
In [[skald|skaldic poetry]], the name Eir is frequent in [[kenning]]s for women. A sample construction is ''Eir aura'' ("Eir of riches"), occurring in ''[[Gísla saga]]''.<ref name=OLSEN270>Olsen (1996:270).</ref> The name is already used in this way by the 10th century poets [[Kormákr Ögmundarson]] and [[Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld]].<ref>Finnur Jónsson (1931:104).</ref> Similarly, the name Eir is used in a woman kenning in a [[Bryggen inscriptions|runic inscription]] inscribed on a stick from [[Bergen]], [[Norway]] around the year 1300. The stick records a common mercantile transaction followed by a verse from a displeased scribe (edits applied per the translator's notes):
<blockquote>
:'Wise [[Vár|Var]] of wire ["woman of [[filigree]]," meaning "wise bejeweled woman"] makes (me) sit unhappy.
:Eir [woman] of mackerels' ground [likely gold] takes often and much sleep from me.'<ref name=MACLEODMEES59>MacLeod. Mees (2006:59).</ref>
</blockquote>
Mindy Macleod and Bernard Mees posit that the first line of the inscription essentially means "women make me miserable" or potentially "marriage makes me miserable," whereas the second line means "women often take a lot of sleep from me."<ref name=MACLEODMEES59/>

The name remained frequently used in woman kennings in [[rímur]] poetry.<ref>Finnur Jónsson (1926-28:74).</ref>