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.
[7] áll (m.) ‘eel’: This word does not occur in poetry as a term for ‘serpent’. Because áll (like other terms for ‘fish’) is used as a base-word in kennings for ‘serpent’ (e.g. Grett Lv 19/2, 3V (Gr 34) áll lautar ‘eel of the land’), the heiti could be a half-kenning. However, it is also possible that áll was included in the present list because an eel resembles a snake physically.