Piotr:
>yggr 'the terrible one' (one of Odin's numerous epithets), related
>to ON uggr 'fear' and English ugly (<-- ON uggligr)
>
>drasill ~ dr�sull 'steed'
And of course this seems true... but I can't help but think that
this word is, impressionistically at least, like... oh I dunno...
like *eggja-tre, let's say?
I mean, let's think about it for a sec. Terrible steed? How does
a gigantic tree that holds up the sky, connecting the three
worlds together, end up being referred to as a "terrible steed"??
Can someone explain me this? So, being an awkward name given
its mythological function, I can't help but suspect that the name
is tampered by wordplay...
So sue me ;)
- love gLeN
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