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Fafnir
[ fahv-nir, fawv- ]
noun
- a dragon, a son of Hreidmar and the brother of Otter and Regin: he killed Hreidmar for the cursed treasure of Andvari and was killed in turn by Sigurd at the instigation of Regin.
Fafnir
/ ˈfæv-; ˈfæfnɪə /
noun
- Norse myth the son of Hreidmar, whom he killed to gain the cursed treasure of Andvari. He became a dragon and was slain by Sigurd while guarding the treasure
Example Sentences
They worked at Insilco and New Departure in Meriden, at Fafnir and Landers and Stanley in New Britain, and at factories all over Connecticut and across the country.
The Fafnir Knight even features a town-building aspect, where you can help improve businesses around town to earn more money, which can in turn be used to buy better weapons and armor.
Then said one: 'There sits Sigurd blood besprinkled, the heart of Fafnir at the fire roasting; wise methinks were the ring despoiler, if he the gleaming heart were eating.'
At first sight the tale of Sigurd, Fafnir's bane, seems to have little connection with this idea.
From the blood of the dead Fafnir, with which Siegfried touches his lips, he is enabled to understand the voices of birds.
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