Fenrir

American  

[fen-rir] / ˈfɛn rɪr /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. a wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar.

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Fenrir British  

/ ˈfɛnrɪsˌwʊlf, ˈfɛnrɪə, ˈfɛnrɪs /

noun

1. Norse myth an enormous wolf, fathered by Loki, which killed Odin

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Fenrir

This image, taken from Canberra, Australia, shows a dark, thick molecular cloud in the form of a wolf, known as the Wolf Nebula or Fenrir Nebula.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023

Matsson, if he believed in those old Norse myths, may have viewed Logan on par with Fenrir, the wolf who kills Odin in Ragnarok.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023

Fenrir, who belongs to Dr. William John Powers, is of a breed known as a Savannah cat, which is a cross between a domestic cat and a medium-sized, large-eared wild African cat called a serval.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

Cyrah, refusing to give Fenrir’s rhetoric any validation, forms an alliance with another shape-shifter as she relentlessly pursues Fenrir to confront him for his crime.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2016

Fenrir closed his teeth gently until they held Tyr’s hand at the wrist without breaking the skin, and he closed his eyes.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman