Skal ek eitrfáa orma telja:
óinn ok Ófnir, œlir, japra,
fúrr, flugdreki, Fáfnir, óri,
fræningr ok áll, feginn ok ornir.
Ek skal telja eitrfáa orma: óinn ok Ófnir, œlir, japra, fúrr, flugdreki, Fáfnir, óri, fræningr ok áll, feginn ok ornir.
I shall enumerate venomous serpents: fearful one and Ófnir, feeder, japra, fire, flying dragon, Fáfnir, raver, flashing one and eel, cheerful one and one warming itself.
[4] œlir (‘ø̨lirr’): ‘[…]lítr’ B, ‘olítr’ 744ˣ
[4] œlir (m.) ‘feeder’: Or œlirr (ms. A has ‘ø̨lirr’). A hap. leg. and an obscure word. It could be related to the adj. œll ‘one that deserves to be fed’ (cf. ModIcel. ælilegur) and the strong verb ala ‘feed’ (hence perhaps ‘feeder’).