Hafr heitir Grímnir ok Geirǫlnir,
Tanngnjóstr, kjappi ok Tanngrisnir,
skimuðr ok brúsi, bokkr, Grímr taliðr.
Hafr heitir Grímnir ok Geirǫlnir, Tanngnjóstr, kjappi ok Tanngrisnir, skimuðr ok brúsi, bokkr, Grímr taliðr.
A male goat is called Grímnir and Geirǫlnir, Tanngnjóstr, chopper and Tanngrisnir, one looking around and rusher, buck, Grímr [is] counted.
[3] kjappi (m.) ‘chopper’: A pet name for a billy-goat, which in Modern Icelandic also has the form kjabbi and kjaffi (CVC: kjappi). The word does not appear in skaldic poetry, but it is attested in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: kjappi). Its origin is not clear (ÍO: kjappi, kjabbi, kjaffi).