What is "sleipnir"

In Norse mythology, Sleipnir ( Old Norse "slippy" or "the slipper") is an eight-legged horse. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Sleipnir is Odin's steed, is the child of Loki and Svaðilfari, is described as the best of all horses, and is sometimes ridden to the location of Hel. The Prose Edda contains extended information regarding the circumstances of Sleipnir's birth, and details that he is grey in color.

Additionally, Sleipnir is mentioned in a riddle found in the 13th century legendary saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, in the 13th century legendary saga Völsunga saga as the ancestor of the horse Grani, and book I of Gesta Danorum, written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus, contains an episode considered by many scholars to involve Sleipnir. Sleipnir is generally accepted as depicted on two 8th century Gotlandic image stones; the Tjängvide image stone and the Ardre VIII image stone.

Scholarly theories have been proposed regarding Sleipnir's potential connection to shamanic practices among the Norse pagans. In modern times, Sleipnir appears in Icelandic folklore as the creator of Ásbyrgi, in works of art, literature, software, and in the names of ships.

Sleipnir is an eight-legged horse in Norse mythology. Sleipnir or Sleipner may also refer to:

Ships and offshore

• Sleipner gas field
  • Sleipner A, an offshore platform
• HNoMS Sleipner, three different warships in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1877 and 1992
• Sleipner class destroyer, a class of Norwegian destroyers
• Sleipner class corvette, a class of corvettes
• MS Sleipner, a passenger catamaran

Sports

• IK Sleipner, a Swedish sports club
• SK Sleipner, a Norwegian sports club

Web and games

• Sleipnir (web browser)
• Sleipnir, a type of horse enemy in Final Fantasy XII

Materials

• Sleipner (tool steel), a tool steel grade

Sleipnir is a tabbed web browser developed by Fenrir Inc. The browser's main features are customization and tab functions. It supports HTML5 and different layout engines.

The names Sleipnir and Fenrir are both animals from Norse mythology.

Sleipnir was originally created in Japanese and then released with English and Chinese translations. Further translations are performed by volunteer translators.

It is available for iOS, OS X, Microsoft Windows, Android, and Windows Phone.