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Gleipnir
[ gleyp-nir ]
noun
Scandinavian Mythology.
- a bond with magic properties, forged by elves and used by the gods to bind Fenrir.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Gleipnir1
From Old Norse, perhaps derivative of gleipa “to scorn, sneer”
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Example Sentences
Odin opened his hand to display Gleipnir.
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There will be no glory for me in breaking Gleipnir.”
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The gods bound him with Gleipnir.
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Fenrir watched the gods take one end of Gleipnir and thread it through a stone as big as a mountain and fasten it under the ground.
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At last he called the light elf Skirnir, Frey’s messenger, to his side, and he described the chain called Gleipnir.
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