mörlandi

a, m. (mör-lendingr, m., Bs. i. 222, v. l.; mör-fjandi, m. = suet-fiend, Fms. vii. 35), a suet-man, a nickname which the Norsemen used to give to the Icelanders in consequence of their supporting themselves chiefly by their flocks and herds, viltú, mörlandi, þú ert mör-biskup, Bs. i. 357, 811, see also Fms. iii. 154, vii. 114, 118, Ísl. ii. 39 (read mörlandi).