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.
[5] Freyr: As an ox-name Freyr is mentioned only in this list. The heiti could reflect the relations between Freyr as the god of fertility and one of the animals dedicated to him (cf. the stories in Víga-Glúms saga ch. 9, ÍF 9, 34 and Brandkrossa þáttr ch. 1, ÍS III, 2102, in which oxen are sacrificed to Freyr; see Turville-Petre 1964, 168).