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Njörðr's name appears in various place names in Scandinavia, such as Nærdhæwi ( now Nalavi ), Njærdhavi ( now Mjärdevi ), Nærdhælunda ( now Närlunda ), Nierdhatunum ( now Närtuna ) in Sweden, Njarðvík in southwest Iceland, Njarðarlög and Njarðey ( now Nærøy ) in Norway.

Njörðr's name appears in a word for sponge ; Njarðarvöttr ( Old Norse " Njörðr's glove ").

Additionally, in Old Icelandic translations of Classical mythology the Roman god Saturn's name is glossed as " Njörðr.