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Sleipnir

/ˈsleipnɪr/

Sleipnir proper noun: the eight-legged horse of Odin.

Proper noun

Sleipnir

  1. (Norse) The eight-legged horse of Odin.
    • And Ranald swore first by the white Christ, and then by the head of Sleipnir, Odin’s horse[.]1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 33, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 443

Origin of Sleipnir

Borrowed from Old Norse Sleipnir (“the slipper, the slippy one”).

Questions about Sleipnir

What does Sleipnir mean?
Sleipnir means the eight-legged horse of Odin.
What part of speech is Sleipnir?
Sleipnir is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sleipnir?
Sleipnir is pronounced /ˈsleipnɪr/.

Words near Sleipnir in the dictionary

  1. sleightly
  2. sleights
  3. sleights of hand
  4. sleights-of-hand
  5. sleighty
  6. Sleipnir
  7. sleiveen
  8. sleiveens
  9. Slemani
  10. Slemp
  11. Slemps

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