Sleipnir

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Sleipnir (“the slipper, the slippy one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsleipnɪr/

Proper noun

Sleipnir

1. (Norse mythology) The eight-legged horse of Odin.
   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 33, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 443:

     And Ranald swore first by the white Christ, and then by the head of Sleipnir, Odin’s horse[.]

Old Norse

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Sleipnir

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Etymology

From the adjective sleipr (“slippy”) +‎ -n- +‎ -ir, roughly “slipner, the slippy one”.

Proper noun

Sleipnir m

1. (Norse mythology) The eight-legged horse of Odin.

Descendants

• Icelandic: Sleipnir
• >? Swedish: Släppner (Västergötland, early 21st c.)
• → Danish: Sleipner, Slepne
• → English: Sleipnir
• → Norwegian Bokmål: Sleipner, Sleipne
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Sleipne, Sleipner
• → Swedish: Sleipner, Slepne