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Definition of Andvari
1. Noun. (Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Andvari
Literary usage of Andvari
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pageants and Pageantry by Esther Willard Bates (1912)
"Andvari, judge between us. Andvari. Mortal, did you not say you wished for other
mortals here ... Andvari. Never. We dwarfs do not return our changelings. ..."
2. Islandica by Cornell University Libraries (1913)
"(Andvari, 1884); on cooperative societies (Andvari, 1893); ... letters to the
representatives of the Icelandic Patriotic Society (Andvari, 1911). ..."
3. Language Reader by Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens (1906)
"Now Andvari was a dwarf, who lived in Otter's river, under a waterfall that was
... 15 At last Andvari said feebly, " Put me back in the stream ; thou shalt ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Loki thereupon went back to the stream, where Andvari in the form of a pike was
guarding a great treasure, caught him in a net, and forced him to surrender ..."
5. Everyday Classics: Fifth Reader by Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike (1917)
"cried Andvari, in terror. "All thy ill-gotten gold, O dwarf. ... 10 At last
Andvari said feebly, "Put me back in the stream; thou shalt have my gold. ..."
6. Old Norse Stories by Sarah Powers Bradish (1900)
"At last he remembered that Andvari took the gold from the water. So he went to
the river; and, looking down into the water, ..."
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