Gleipnir

[ gleyp-nir ]

nounScandinavian Mythology.
  1. a bond with magic properties, forged by elves and used by the gods to bind Fenrir.

Origin of Gleipnir

1
From Old Norse, perhaps derivative of gleipa “to scorn, sneer”

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