Sleipnir

American  

[sleyp-nir] / ˈsleɪp nɪr /

Also Sleipner

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the eight-legged horse of Odin.

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Example Sentences

“While the intelligence report didn’t eliminate the hypothesis that UFOs are extraterrestrial in origin, it is also likely unable to eliminate the hypotheses that UFOs are dragons or flying pigs or the Norse god Odin riding Sleipnir, his magical eight-legged horse. Unidentified flying objects are just that: airborne objects that we can’t identify,” writes Adam Larson on NBC News.

From Slate

Odin gave him his horse Sleipnir and he sped down to Niflheim.

From Literature

They brought forth Sleipnir, Odin’s stallion, the eight-legged horse.

From Literature

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 Literature

Loki presented Sleipnir to Odin as a gift, the best horse among gods and men.

From Literature