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Skidbladnir

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[skeed-blahd-nir] / ˈskid blɑd nɪr /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.


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Even though it was the second biggest ship there had ever been and would hold all the Aesir, Frey could fold Skidbladnir up like a cloth and place it in his bag.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

When the sails of Skidbladnir were set, the winds were always fair, and it took you wherever you needed to go.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

He had Skidbladnir, a boat made for him by the three dwarfs known as the sons of Ivaldi.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

In the Edda, Odin is said to have had made for him by the dwarfs a boat, Skidbladnir, which, like Glooskap's bark, expanded or diminished.

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey

What hast thou to say," demanded Gangler, "of Skidbladnir, which thou toldst me was the best of ships?

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

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