látr

m., in old poetry and better láttr, [from lag, as sláttr from slag, Engl. litter]:—the place where animals, esp. seals, whales, lay their young, Gpl. 465: in poetry, Fáfnis láttr, the serpent’s litter = gold: freq. in mod. usage, as also in local names, Látr (pl. Hval-látr), Látra-bjarg, -heiðr, see the map of Iceland.