YGGDRASIL Definition & Meaning

Yggdrasil

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[ig-druh-sil, yg-]

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noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

an evergreen ash tree, the three roots of which bind together Asgard, Midgard, and Niflheim.

Yggdrasil

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noun

Norse myth the ash tree that was thought to overshadow the whole world, binding together earth, heaven, and hell with its roots and branches

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Yggdrasil¹

Old Norse (probably meaning: Uggr's horse), from Uggr a name of Odin, from yggr, uggr frightful + drasill horse, of obscure origin

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Bobby asked him to bring bottles of fresh-squeezed carrot juice from Yggdrasil; if the health food store didn’t have it available, Olafsson was to buy juice imported from Germany.

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Sloppy tattoos of Yggdrasil, or tree of life, covered his left pectoral.

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Over Yggdrasil, as over Asgard, hung the threat of destruction.

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He hung from the world-tree, Yggdrasil, hung there for nine nights.

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In addition to the fighter, a new DQ-themed stage, based on the mythical Yggdrasil’s Altar, will be available.

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