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  • I feel bad for that minor spark with whom Sleipnir is supposed to have an arranged marriage, but now that she's rebelled against the Baron, that probably wouldn't work out anyway.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • I feel bad for that minor spark with whom Sleipnir is supposed to have an arranged marriage, but now that she's rebelled against the Baron, that probably wouldn't work out anyway.

    Oh, Ship! 2009

  • Loki, however, felt no remorse for his part, and in due time, it is said, he became the parent of an eight-footed steed called Sleipnir, which, as we have seen, was Odin's favourite mount.

    Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

  • The same hours on Amity's human half were considerably less filled, with activities consisting mainly of last minute checks, idle conversation, and practice in saying "Sleipnir" instead of "Man o 'War" when referring to the source of the ship's main motive power.

    Warhorse Zahn, Timothy 1990

  • Later when I found Sleipnir in the spackle above where I lay on my back blowing my hair dry (because my mom wouldn't let me go out with a wet head when I was in high school), I made Grandpa come lie down and find it.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway zorinth 2009

  • She reads about the Wild Hunt, when Odin, the father of the gods, and his eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, lead ghostly riders through the clouds "like monstrous starlings," followed by hounds and horns, thunder and lightning.

    Gods and Monsters Tom Shippey 2012

  • Also I fear what happens if I am not careful, because if I push my brain for a visual image on "horse," I get the runestone drawing of Sleipnir.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2008

  • Sleipnir is basically a new skin for Internet Explorer, but it does seem quite popular in my office, and Lunascape is a three-in-one Internet Explorer plus Firefox plus Google Chrome/Safari.

    Kanto versus Kansai 2010

  • I really think that they were going for the Sleipnir effect, since the competition is in Oslo.

    Oslo Grand Prix: Horserse Cosmo7 2009

  • Yeah, I couldn't be bothered to read the previous posts either so I'll just mention Sleipnir in the hope nobody already has.

    Oslo Grand Prix: Horserse Cosmo7 2009

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