The Poetic Edda on Sleipnir

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• attestation: Othin's eight-footed horse Sleipnir is notably absent from the list of divine horses in this stanza.

  "Othin's eight-footed horse, Sleipnir, is not mentioned in this list."

• relationship: Sleipnir is Othin's eight-legged horse, born of Loki in mare form to the stallion Svathilfari.

  "Sleipnir: Othin's eight-legged horse, one of Loki's numerous progeny, borne by him to the stallion Svathilfari."

• attestation: Sleipnir is Odin's eight-legged horse, the son of Loki and the stallion Svathilfari

  "Sleipnir: Othin's eight-legged horse, the son of Loki and the stallion Svathilfari"

• attestation: Sleipnir is Odin's eight-legged horse born of the stallion Svathilfari and Loki in the guise of a mare

  "Sleipnir: Othin's eight-legged horse, born of the stallion Svathilfari and of Loki in the guise of a mare"

The > Volume I > Fragment Of "The Short Voluspo"

• relationship: Sleipnir bore a child according to the verse.

  "42. The wolf did Loki | with Angrbotha win, And Sleipnir bore he | to Svathilfari; The worst of marvels | seemed the one That sprang from the brother | of Byleist then."