Yggdrasill

English

Proper noun

Yggdrasill

  1. Alternative spelling of Yggdrasil

Old Norse

Etymology

Yggr (“the terrifying one; Odin”) +‎ drasill (“steed”), where “steed” refers to a hanging tree or possibly from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), in any case referring to the story of Odin hanging himself on the tree for nine nights.

Proper noun

Yggdrasill m

  1. (Norse mythology) The world tree in Norse mythology; Yggdrasil

Descendants
  • → Icelandic: Yggdrasill
  • → Faroese: Yggdrasil
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: Yggdrasil, Yggdrasel
  • → Swedish: Yggdrasil
  • → Danish: Yggdrasil

References
  • Winterbourne, Anthony (2004): When the Norns Have Spoken: Time and Fate in Germanic Paganism
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