Andvari
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"There is one thing more to be given," said Loki, "the ring that you, Andvari, snatched from the heap."
From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Willy Pogany
As Andvari uttered this curse Loki saw a figure rise up in the cave and move toward him.
From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Willy Pogany
The emissary selected was Loki, who lost no time in setting off to the waterfall where the dwarf Andvari dwelt, in order that he might secure the treasure there amassed.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
There was a dwarf named Andvari, who had long lived in the fall in the likeness of a pike, and in which he supplied himself with food.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
This treasure we then shall find and the curse attaching to it ever since it was robbed from Andvari, the water-elf, is the keynote of the whole story.
From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by William Morris
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