Dagr reið Drǫsli en Dvalinn Móðni,
Hǫð Hjálmþér en Haki Fáki.
Reið bani Belja Blóðughófa
en Skævaði skati Haddingja.
Dagr reið Drǫsli en Dvalinn Móðni, Hjálmþér Hǫð en Haki Fáki. Bani Belja reið Blóðughófa en skati Haddingja Skævaði.
Dagr rode Drǫsull and Dvalinn Móðnir, Hjálmþér Hǫðr and Haki Fákr. The slayer of Beli <giant> [= Freyr] rode Blóðughófi and the champion of the Haddingjar <legendary family> [= Helgi] Skævaðr.
[4] Fáki: faxa U
[4] Fáki ‘Fákr’: Also given as a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 2/1 (see also Note to SnSt Ht 71/3). See AEW: fákr for early attestations of this word. The U variant faxa (nom. faxi ‘horse’, lit. ‘one with a mane’) is also possible, but unlikely in view of the other ms. witnesses.