noun
(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd
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/fahv"nir, fawv"-/, n. Scand. Myth.
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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.