Falhófnir

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Falhófnir (Old Norse 'the one with the fallow hooves')

Falhófnir is the name of a horse in Grímnismál and in the Þulur. In the Gylfaginning, Falhófnir is one of the horses belonging to the Æsir. [1] [2]

Falhófnir is also used as an Icelandic horse name

References

  1. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  2. Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)