Fenrir

• Fenris, Fenriswolf

Borrowed from Old Norse Fenrir (“fen-dweller”), Fenrisúlfr (“Fenris wolf”).

• enPR: fĕn′rîr
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛn.ɹɪɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛn.ɹɪə/

Fenrir

1. (Norse mythology) A monstrous wolf, one of Loki's offspring, who bites off Tyr's right hand while being bound by the gods in fear of a prophecy that he will kill Odin, remaining so bound until the events of Ragnarok.
   • 2001, John Lindow, Handbook of Norse Mythology, ABC-CLIO, page 113:

     Lokasenna, stanzas 37-40, comprise an exchange between Týr and Loki. Loki boasts that Fenrir tore off Týr's arm; Týr responds that although he may be missing his hand, Loki is missing Hródrsvitnir, that is, the famous wolf, Fenrir.

   • 2009, Sarah Bartlett, The Mythology Bible, Sterling Publishing Co., page 294:

     Feared and misunderstood, Fenrir was the bringer of doom to the gods and was known as "an axe-age, a sword-age, a wind-age, a wolf-age before the wrecking of the world."

   • 2011, Nick Redfern, “Phantom Hounds of the Woods”, in Brad Steiger, editor, Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside, Visible Ink Press, page 46:

     It is my own opinion that the Black Shuck is another manifestation of Fenrir, the large and terrible wolf, who is the eldest child of Loki and the giantess Angrboda.

2. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Fenrir is mentioned in both the Poetic and the Prose Edda. (See Fenrir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

• (monstrous wolf of Norse mythology): Fenris Wolf, Fenrisulfr, Wolf of Fenrir

• Gleipnir

• “Fenrir”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Fenrir”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “Fenrir” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• “Fenrir”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Ferrin

Fenrir m (proper noun, strong, genitive Fenrirs)

1. (Norse mythology) Fenrir

   Synonym: Fenriswolf

• IPA^(key): /fenˈriɾ/ [fẽnˈriɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: Fen‧rir

Fenrir m

1. (Norse mythology) Fenrir

Fenrir m (genitive Fenrirs)

1. (Norse mythology) Fenrir

   Synonyms: (more common) Fenrisulven, Fenris

2. (astronomy) Fenrir (a moon of Saturn)