Yggdrasil
drə noun Scandinavian Mythology.
an evergreen ash tree, the three roots of which bind together Asgard, Midgard, and Niflheim.
Also, Yg·dra·sil.
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Yggdrasil, Ygdrasil or Igdrasil (ˈɪɡdrəsɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Norse myth the ash tree that was thought to overshadow the whole world, binding together earth, heaven, and hell with its roots and branches | |
| [Old Norse (probably meaning: Uggr's horse), from Uggr a name of Odin, from yggr, uggr frightful + drasill horse, of obscure origin] | |
| Ygdrasil, Ygdrasil or Igdrasil | |
| —n | |
| [Old Norse (probably meaning: Uggr's horse), from Uggr a name of Odin, from yggr, uggr frightful + drasill horse, of obscure origin] | |
| Igdrasil, Ygdrasil or Igdrasil | |
| —n | |
| [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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Yggdrasil
great tree of the universe, 1770, from O.N. ygdrasill, apparently from Yggr, a name of Odin + drasill "horse."
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