Re: [tied] Yggdrasill

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11704
Date: 2001-12-06

yggr 'the terrible one' (one of Odin's numerous epithets), related to ON uggr 'fear' and English ugly (<-- ON uggligr)
 
drasill ~ drösull 'steed'
 
Piotr
 
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From: Alexander Stolbov
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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Early Roman Iron Age Burials in Denmark II


"Ygg's (Odin's) steed"
What is Ygg ? A variant of Odin's name? Or one of his epithets?