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"word": "Vánagandr"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Fénrir",
"sense": "mythical wolf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Фе́нрир"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythical wolf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fenrisulven"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythical wolf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fenrir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mythical wolf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fenris"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fayn-ree",
"sense": "mythical wolf",
"word": "เฟนรีร์"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Fenrir",
"sense": "mythical wolf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Фенрір"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Fenrir",
"Fenrir (moon)",
"Poetic Edda",
"Prose Edda"
],
"word": "Fenrir"
}
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