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Definition: Fenrir |
FenrirNoun1. (Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Fenrir or ~~~Fenris. Fenris. The wolf of sin [i.e. of Loki], meaning the goading of a guilty conscience. The "wolf" was the brother of Hel (q.v.). When he gapes, one jaw touches earth and the other heaven. In the Ragnarok he swallows the sun and conquers Odin; but being conquered by Vidar, he was cast into Niflheim, where Loki was confined. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: Fenrir |
| English words defined with "Fenrir": Vidar, Vithar, Vitharr. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Fenrir": Gleipnir ♦ Loki's Three Children. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fenrir" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (Fenris). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fenrir | 19 |
fenrir fenris | 2 |
fenrir wolf | 2 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-n-r-r" | |
-1 letter: finer, firer, frier, infer, rifer. | |
-2 letters: fern, fine, fire, firn, neif, reif, rein, rife. | |
-3 letters: ern, err, fen, fer, fie, fin, fir, ire, ref, rei, rif, rin. | |
-4 letters: ef, en, er, if, in, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-n-r-r" | |
+1 letter: fernier, refiner, refrain. | |
+2 letters: ferritin, ferrying, fingerer, fringier, frontier, furriner, inferior, inferred, inferrer, informer, infrared, refiners, refinery, refiring, refrains, refrying, reinform, reniform, unfairer. | |
+3 letters: deferring, ferneries, ferreling, ferreting, ferritins, ferruling, fingerers, firebrand, firethorn, forebrain, foreigner, frontiers, furnisher, furniture, furriners, inferiors, inferrers, inferring, informers, infrareds, infringer, interfere, interfirm, nitrifier, prefiring, rarefying, reconfirm, referring, reforging, reforming, refrained, reframing, refurnish, reinforce, reinforms, reroofing, uniformer. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 65 6E 72 69 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. . -. .-. .. .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100101 01101110 01110010 01101001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F e n r i r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0065 006E 0072 0069 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)407180847584 |
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