Fafnir

American  

[fahv-nir, fawv-] / ˈfɑv nɪr, ˈfɔv- /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. a dragon, a son of Hreidmar and the brother of Otter and Regin: he killed Hreidmar for the cursed treasure of Andvari and was killed in turn by Sigurd at the instigation of Regin.

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Fafnir British  

/ ˈfæv-, ˈfæfnɪə /

noun

1. Norse myth the son of Hreidmar, whom he killed to gain the cursed treasure of Andvari. He became a dragon and was slain by Sigurd while guarding the treasure

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Example Sentences

"We embarked on 'diversification' in 1952," says Thompson, who numbers Gorham silver, Fafnir bearings and Talon zippers among his most recent acquisitions, "and we expect to be here in 1992."

From Time Magazine Archive

One of them is the Drachenfels, where Siegfried slew sulphurous Fafnir the Dragon and drank its blood to become stronger.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miller picked up two more companies last year —Talon zippers and Fafnir bearings—but Textron seems less interested in acquiring new branches than in managing and expanding the many that it already has.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Fafnir was by far more grim, as he was greater than us all, and he would have everything we possessed called his.

From Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas by Wilmot-Buxton, E. M. (Ethel Mary)

He did so, begging him to slay Fafnir when he should return from this adventure, and this Sigurth promised to do.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora