Skal ek eitrfáa orma telja:
óinn ok Ófnir, œlir, japra,
fúrr, flugdreki, Fáfnir, óri,
fræningr ok áll, feginn ok ornir.
Ek skal telja eitrfáa orma: óinn ok Ófnir, œlir, japra, fúrr, flugdreki, Fáfnir, óri, fræningr ok áll, feginn ok ornir.
I shall enumerate venomous serpents: fearful one and Ófnir, feeder, japra, fire, flying dragon, Fáfnir, raver, flashing one and eel, cheerful one and one warming itself.
[3] Ófnir: One of the mythical serpents that destroy the roots of the ash Yggdrasill (Grí 34/7; SnE 2005, 19). The root vowel is either long (Ófnir lit. ‘instigator’) or short (Ofnir lit. ‘weaver’). Ófnir is also an Óðinn-heiti (Þul Óðins 7/4; for a discussion of this word, see Note there). In poetry, the name is used as a heiti for ‘serpent’ in general.