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Gleipnir

[ gleyp-nir ]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. 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.

There will be no glory for me in breaking Gleipnir.”

The gods bound him with Gleipnir.

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.

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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