Re: [tied] Yggdrasill

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 4761
Date: 2000-11-16

"Ygg-Carrier", roughly. Could be "Ygg's Mount", but also "Ygg's Gallows". Yggr 'Fearful' is an epithet of Odin. From Old Norse ugga 'fear' we get ugg-ligr --> English ugly.
 
Piotr
 
----- Original Message -----
From: João Simões Lopes Filho
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Yggdrasill

Egg? What egg?
Yggr < *Ujjaz or *Iwwaz ?

Joao SL
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