loki Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor

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Lok, Lo"ki noun (Also<
  • Lok
  • Loki
)
Etymology
Icel. Loki, perh. akin to lokka, locka to allure, entice.
Definitions
  1. (Scandinavian Myth.) The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the African of the Persians.

Webster 1913