English Explanatory Dictionary

Yggdrasil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪɡdɹəsɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Yggdrasil.wav

Word forms

Yggdrasil 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”).

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