Móinn, hestr, fjǫtri, Móðnir, róni,
alsvartr, apli, askr, malfeti,
Blóðhófr, Hamskarpr, brúnn, Hófvarpnir,
viggr, Skinfaxi, virfill, Hrímfaxi.
Móinn, hestr, fjǫtri, Móðnir, róni, alsvartr, apli, askr, malfeti, Blóðhófr, Hamskarpr, brúnn, Hófvarpnir, viggr, Skinfaxi, virfill, Hrímfaxi.
Brown one, horse, fettered one, Móðnir, gelding, all-black one, foal, ash-tree, gravel-pacer, Blóðhófr, Hamskarpr, black one, Hófvarpnir, steed, Skinfaxi, virfill, Hrímfaxi.
[8] virfill (m.): An obscure word. According to ÍO: virfill 1, the original meaning could have been ‘flexible, supple one’, and the common noun virfill also means ‘rod’ and ‘phallus’ (AEW: Virfill). As a horse-heiti the word appears only in the present stanza, but Virfill is also the name of a sea-king (Þul Sækonunga 5/1).