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Fenris
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en sv Fenris.
Proper noun
en Fenrir.
en 1996 John Grant An Introduction to Viking Mythology https://archive.org/details/introductiontovi0000gran_f4o4/mode/2up?q=%22He+will+slay+Fenris%22 15 He will slay Fenris (q.v.), survive Ragnarok and avenge the death of Odin.
en 2000 Vic Parker Traditional Tales from Norse Lands https://archive.org/details/traditionaltales0000park_i5q5/mode/2up?q=%22fenris%22 20 Finally, Odin caught Fenris the wolf cub and dragged the howling, struggling beast back home to Asgard.
en 2009 Andrew Donskin Viking Blood: Tor Scaldbane, Scandinavia 1008 AD https://archive.org/details/vikingbloodtorsc0000donk/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22fenris%22 2 I wanted to struggle against this beast like Odin fighting Fenris at the end of days, but I knew that like him, I would lose.
Derived terms
en Fenbela Fenders Fenhawke Fenrismance Fenrismancer
en Norse mythology
Swedish
sv:
Proper noun
m
Fenrir
sv Fenrisulven more common Fenrir