Yggdrasil
or Yg·dra·sil
an evergreen ash tree, the three roots of which bind together Asgard, Midgard, and Niflheim.
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How to use Yggdrasil in a sentence
The brain is itself a nut from the tree Ygdrasil; it carries the world, and in the first glances we anticipate all knowledge.
Ygdrasil, the Tree of Life, withered up and was caught by the wildly leaping flames.
Stories from Northern Myths | Emilie Kip BakerHe returned instantly to the ash Ygdrasil and reported it all to his master.
Myths of the Rhine | X. B. SaintineStill other animals, however, inhabit the great ash tree Ygdrasil.
Myths of the Rhine | X. B. SaintineIn the meantime this cry has been heard even at the top of the ash Ygdrasil.
Myths of the Rhine | X. B. Saintine
British Dictionary definitions for Yggdrasil
Ygdrasil or Igdrasil
/ (ˈɪɡdrəsɪl) /
Norse myth the ash tree that was thought to overshadow the whole world, binding together earth, heaven, and hell with its roots and branches
Origin of Yggdrasil
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