Gamalla øxna nǫfn hefk gǫrla fregit:
þeira Rauðs ok Hœfis, Rekinn ok Kýrr,
Himinhrjóðr ok Apli, Arfr ok Arfuni.
Hefk gǫrla fregit nǫfn gamalla øxna: þeira Rauðs ok Hœfis, Rekinn ok Kýrr, Himinhrjóðr ok Apli, Arfr ok Arfuni.
I have learned precisely the names of ancient oxen: of Rauðr and Hœfir, Rekinn and Kýrr, Himinhrjóðr and Apli, Arfr ok Arfuni.
[3] Hœfis: ‘hefis’ Tˣ, ‘hefiss’ U, ‘hæfrs’ C
[3] Rauðs ok Hœfis ‘of Rauðr and Hœfir’: The first name means ‘red one’ (see also Þul Øxna 1/7), but the sense of the second name is problematic – possibly ‘hoofed one’ from hófr m. ‘hoof’ (for other suggested interpretations, see AEW: hœfir; LP: hœfir). Hœfir appears as an ox-name in Þul Øxna 2/3 and also twice in kennings for ‘horn’ (Þjóð Yt 14/15I and HaukrV Ísldr 16/5IV).