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.
[4] japra: ‘[…]apra’ B, japra 744ˣ
[4] japra: A hap. leg. and the f. form of m. japr, a term for ‘serpent’ known only from this þula (see st. 4/1 below), but cf. ModIcel. japi ‘snake’. The origin and the sense of this word are unclear. The heiti could be related to ModIcel. japla ‘chew’, MLG japen ‘gape’ and mean ‘biting one’ or ‘gaping one’ (AEW: japr, japra; ÍO: japi).