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In the article, the author suggests interpreting the mountain name *Gríslatindur as an original *Grýtingslíðartindur. In this lies also implicitly that the pass at the top of the mountain has been called *Grýtingslíð, and that the name may contain a vanished mountain name *Grýtingur, norr. Grýtingr. Úrtak Í greinini skjýtur høvundurin upp at tolka fjallanavnið Gríslatindur sum eitt upprunaligt *Grýtingslíðartindur. Harí liggur tískil eisini at líðin ovast í fjallinum hevur verið nevnd *Grýtingslíð, og at tað navnið kann innihalda eitt horvið fjallanavn *Grýtingur, norr. Grýtingr.
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