Gleipnir

[gleyp-nir]

noun Scandinavian Mythology.

a bond with magic properties, forged by elves, and used by the gods to bind Loki.

Origin of Gleipnir

< Old Norse, perhaps derivative of gleipa to scorn, sneer

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