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.
[4] Kýrr: A hap. leg. Presumably a m. form of kýr f. ‘cow’; if so, ‘ox’ (so LP: kýrr; on gender conversion in the þulur, see Gurevich 1992a). The Tˣ variant hýr(r) ‘glad one, mild one’ makes good sense as well, but, like kýrr, it is unattested in other sources. The reading Hýrr was adopted for metrical reasons in Skj B and Skald (see Note to [All] above), but from a metrical point of view that is not necessary.