Explore Gangleri through 10+ example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gangleri in a sentence
Using Gangleri
- In the example corpus, gangleri often appears in combinations such as: gangleri asks, chapter gangleri, gangleri comments.
Context around Gangleri
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gangleri
- In this selection, "gangleri" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, take, asks, gylfaginning, asks, comments and described stand out and add context to how "gangleri" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include gangleri comments that and 43 there gangleri asks that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gangleri" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gangleri
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gangleri asks if fire burns over Bifröst. (7 words)
Gangleri asks what there is to tell about Yggdrasil. (9 words)
Gangleri follows him, and the door closes behind him. (9 words)
The boat is first directly addressed in chapter 43; there Gangleri asks that, if Skíðblaðnir is the best of ships, what there is to know about it, and asks if there is no other ship as good or as large as it. (42 words)
The first mention of Skíðblaðnir in the Poetic Edda occurs in chapter 43, where the enthroned figure of High tells Gangleri (king Gylfi in disguise) that the god Odin is an important deity. (33 words)
Gangleri comments that Loki created a "pretty terrible family" though important, and asks why the Æsir did not just kill Fenrir there since they expected great malice from him. (29 words)
Example sentences (18)
After an exchange between Gangleri and High, High continues that the fetter was smooth and soft as a silken ribbon, yet strong and firm.
Among other things, the man says that the hall belongs to his king, and adds that he can take Gangleri to the king.
Gangleri asks High why, since the gods could only expect destruction from Fenrir, they did not simply kill Fenrir once he was bound.
Gangleri asks if fire burns over Bifröst.
Gangleri asks what there is to tell about Yggdrasil.
Gangleri comments that Loki created a "pretty terrible family" though important, and asks why the Æsir did not just kill Fenrir there since they expected great malice from him.
Gangleri comments that Skíðblaðnir sounds like a great ship, and that it must have taken a lot of magic to create something like it.
Gangleri (described earlier in the book as King Gylfi in disguise) asks High who the horse Sleipnir belongs to and what there is to tell about it.
Gangleri follows him, and the door closes behind him.
He incredulously asks Gangleri if he has not heard the story before.
High expresses surprise in Gangleri's lack of knowledge about Sleipnir and its origin.
In chapter 13 of Gylfaginning, Gangleri (King Gylfi in disguise) asks the enthroned figure of High what way exists between heaven and earth.
In chapter 38, Gangleri says: "You say that all men who have fallen in battle from the beginning of the world are now with Odin in Valhalla.
In chapter 39, Gangleri asks about the food and drinks the Einherjar consume, and asks if only water is available there.
In Gylfaginning, Yggdrasil is introduced in chapter 15. In chapter 15, Gangleri (described as king Gylfi in disguise) asks where is the chief or holiest place of the gods.
Inside the palace he encounters a man who asks Gylfi's name and so king Gylfi introduces himself as Gangleri.
The boat is first directly addressed in chapter 43; there Gangleri asks that, if Skíðblaðnir is the best of ships, what there is to know about it, and asks if there is no other ship as good or as large as it.
The first mention of Skíðblaðnir in the Poetic Edda occurs in chapter 43, where the enthroned figure of High tells Gangleri (king Gylfi in disguise) that the god Odin is an important deity.
Common combinations with gangleri
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: