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Sleipnir

American  
[sleyp-nir] / ˈsleɪp nɪr /
Also Sleipner

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the eight-legged horse of Odin.


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The country has a link to the craft's name, Sleipnir, which is the name of an eight-legged horse from Norse mythology that could glide across the sea.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2019

As for the other browsers—Avant, Flock, Green Browser, K-meleon, Rockmelt, Maxthon, Sleipnir, and Slim—none of them measures up to my privacy ideal.

From Slate Dec. 8, 2010

Nonetheless, a spokesman for Fenrir, the Japanese company that developed Sleipnir, said Fenrir had seen an increase in downloads in recent days as a result of the choice screen.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2010

Currently, logos for these browsers — called Avant, Flock, Green, Maxthon, Slim and Sleipnir — are found only when a user scrolls to the right.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2010

The foal grew into a horse called Sleipnir, a huge gray stallion, the fastest and the strongest horse that ever there had been or ever there would be, a horse that could outrun the wind.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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