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ANDVARI

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Overview

ANDVARI (noun)
  The noun ANDVARI has 1 sense:

1. (Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Lokiplay

  Familiarity information: ANDVARI used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ANDVARI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Andvari" is a kind of...):

dwarf; gnome (a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure)

Domain category:

Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)


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