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Utgard-Loki

American  
[oot-gahrd-loh-kee] / ˈut gɑrdˈloʊ ki /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. a Jotun appearing in the story of Thor's voyage to Utgard: at first disguised under another name Skrymir.


Utgard-Loki British  

noun

  1. Norse myth the giant king of Utgard

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When they came to the palace and found its door open, they went in, and there sat all the giants with their king, Utgard-Loki, at their head.

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Utgard-Loki, the giant king, went with them to the city gate, and when he was about to leave them, said, “Do you find it as easy as you expected to overthrow the giants?”

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Early on the morrow, Skrymir left Thor and his companions, pointing out the shortest road to Utgard-loki’s castle, which was built of great ice blocks, with huge glittering icicles as pillars.

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The gods, slipping between the bars of the great gate, presented themselves boldly before the king of the giants, Utgard-loki, who, recognising them, immediately pretended to be greatly surprised at their small size, and expressed a wish to see for himself what they could do, as he had often heard their prowess vaunted.

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Smiling contemptuously, Utgard-loki said that it was evident they could not do much in the eating line, and this so nettled Thor that he declared if Loki could not eat like the voracious cook, he felt confident he could drain the biggest vessel in the house, such was his unquenchable thirst.

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