Skidbladnir

[ skeed-blahd-nir ]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

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

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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

From Literature

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 Literature

But Skidbladnir did not satisfy him.

From Literature

Confusingly, the Saxon boat has been named the Skidbladnir, which, in Norse mythology, was the magical ship belonging to phallic fertility god Frey.

From The Guardian