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Sleipnir
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English
Etymology
en non Sleipnir the slipper, the slippy one.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsleipnɪr/
Proper noun
en Norse mythology The eight-legged horse of Odin.
en Charles Kingsley Hereward the Wake London Nelson 1866 33 443 And Ranald swore first by the white Christ, and then by the head of Sleipnir, Odin’s horse[.]
Old Norse
thumb|Sleipnir on Gotlandic picture stone (9th c.)
Etymology
From the adjective non sleipr slippy -n- -ir, roughly “slipner, the slippy one”.
Proper noun
m
non Norse mythology The eight-legged horse of Odin.
Descendants
is Sleipnir
sv Släppner 1 Västergötland, early 21st c.
da Sleipner Slepne 1
en Sleipnir 1
nb Sleipner Sleipne 1
nn Sleipne Sleipner 1
sv Sleipner Slepne 1