Yggdrasil

== English == === Alternative forms === Yggdrasill === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse Yggdrasill; commonly accepted as being composed Yggr (“terrible”) + drasill (“steed”), where “steed” refers to a hanging tree or possibly from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪɡdɹəsɪl/ === Proper noun === Yggdrasil (Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds. 1996, Carolyne Larrington (editor and translator), The Seeress's Prophecy, The Poetic Edda, page 6, I know that an ash-tree stands called Yggdrasill, a high tree, soaked with shining loam; from there come the dews which fall in the valley, ever green, it stands over the well of fate. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Yggdrasil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Norse cosmology § Nine Worlds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse Yggdrasill. === Proper noun === Yggdrasil (genitive Yggdrasils) (Norse mythology) Yggdrasil == Faroese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse Yggdrasill, from Yggr +‎ drasill (“steed”). === Proper noun === Yggdrasil m (Norse mythology) Yggdrasil == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Ygdrasil (alternative spelling) Yggdrasel, Ygdrasel === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse Yggdrasill, from Yggr +‎ drasill (“steed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ʏɡːˌdraːsɪl/, (more commonly) /²ʏ(ɡ)draˌsiːl/ === Proper noun === Yggdrasil m (Norse mythology) Yggdrasil == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iɡdɾaˈsil/ [iɣ̞.ð̞ɾaˈsil] Rhymes: -il Syllabification: Ygg‧dra‧sil === Proper noun === Yggdrasil m (Norse mythology) Yggdrasil