>> so that an improved reading
>> in Óhrœrir, rejuvenating potion, is unnecessary.

> Indeed it is - and it sounds practically ludicrous

to me! Do you know who came up with this originally?


No, I've only read it here, and Simek doesn't attribute the idea to
anyone. Two sources are listed at the end of the article: H Lindroth:
'Boðn, Són och Óðrœrir' (MoM) 1915; J de Vries: Altgermanische
Religionsgeschichte, Berlin 1970.