Enn skal segja øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn, smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr ok røkkvihliðr,
viggi, bautuðr, Vingnis stjóri.
Enn skal segja heiti øxna: árvakr, drjóni ok jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smiðr, eyþvari, Rauðr ok rekningr ok røkkvihliðr, viggi, bautuðr, stjóri Vingnis.
In addition I shall say names for oxen: alert one, bellower and jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smith, island-borer, Rauðr and driven one and røkkvihliðr, viggi, striker, Vingnir’s guide.
[9] bautuðr: so B, ‘bꜹrvðr’ R, ‘baurudr’ Tˣ, ‘baurrudr’ C, bautaðr A
[9] bautuðr (m.) ‘striker’: So B (the R, Tˣ, C variants ‘bꜹrvðr’, ‘baurudr’ and ‘baurruðr’ must have been caused by a scribal error at some point in the ms. transmission). Bautuðr is also listed among the heiti for ‘horse’ in mss A and B (see Note to Þul Hesta 3/7), but the word does not occur elsewhere. According to de Vries (AEW: bauta(ða)rsteinn, bautuðr), this was originally an ox-heiti, since an ox strikes with its horns.