Þul Øxna 1III/5 — Reginn ‘Reginn’
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.
notes
[5] Reginn: It is impossible to say whether there is any connection between this ox-heiti and the name of the legendary dwarf and smith Reginn. Alternatively, this word could be interpreted as a m. derivative of ON regin n. pl. ‘gods’, hence possibly ‘potent one’. It is more likely, however, that the original heiti was the ox-name Rekinn ‘driven one’ mentioned in Anon Þorgþ II l. 4 (see Note there; see also rekningr ‘driven one’ in l. 7 below), and that this heiti was confused with the name of the smith Reginn, possibly influenced by the next heiti in this stanza, smiðr ‘smith’ (l. 6).