1 rostungr
m. a walrus, Edda (Gl.), Grág. ii. 359, Sks. 178, Jb., Fbr. 161: costly things were carved on the teeth, Páls S. ch. 16, Rafn S. ch. 4; and the hide was made into ropes for ships’ rigging (svörðr), cp. Sks., and Oros. in king Alfred’s transl. rostungs-hauss, m., and -tönn, f. a Walrus-tooth, Krók. 34.