[3][4] The name was anglicised by Sir Walter Scott (in Waverley) and William Morris (in The House of the Wolfings) and later popularized by J. R. R. Tolkien as "Mirkwood".
[1][5][8] The localization of Myrkviðr varies by source: Meyjar flugu sunnan myrkvið í gögnum, Alvitr unga, örlög drýgja; þær á sævarströnd settusk at hvílask drósir suðrænar, dýrt lín spunnu.
[12] Loci qvaþ: «Gvlli keypta leztv Gymis dottvr oc seldir þitt sva sverþ; enn er Mvspellz synir ríða Myrcviþ yfir, veizta þv þa, vesall!
"[14] J. R. R. Tolkien comments on Myrkviðr in a letter to his eldest grandson: Mirkwood is not an invention of mine, but a very ancient name, weighted with legendary associations.
"[2] It was first anglicized as Mirkwood by Sir Walter Scott in Waverley, followed by William Morris in A Tale of the House of the Wolfings from 1888, and later by J. R. R. Tolkien in his fiction.