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yggdrasil
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun yggdrasil has 1 sense
- yggdrasil(n = noun.person) ygdrasil - (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together; Array is a kind of mythical being, ash, ash tree
OXFORD DICTIONARY
yggdrasil, n. (in Scandinavian mythology) an ash-tree whose roots and branches join heaven, earth, and hell.
Etymology
ON yg(g)drasill f. Yggr Odin + drasill horse
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