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.
[6] Fáfnir: Lit. ‘embracer’, from Proto Nordic *faðmnir (cf. faðmr m. ‘embrace’; see AEW: faðmr). A mythical dragon, the guardian of the gold known as the hoard of the Niflungar (Nibelungs). The name is also listed among other heiti for ‘serpent’ in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 90) as well as in Þul Sverða 9/2.