Sleipnir

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse Sleipnir (“the slipper, the slippy one”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsleipnɪr/ === Proper noun === Sleipnir (Norse mythology) The eight-legged horse of Odin. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From the adjective sleipr (“slippy”) +‎ -n- +‎ -ir, roughly “slipner, the slippy one”. === Proper noun === Sleipnir m (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