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Chapter 4


The Ash of Yggdrasil

        Þá mælti Gangleri: "Hvar er höfuð-staðrinn eða helgi-staðr-inn goðanna?" Hár svarar: "Þat er at aski Yggdrasils; þar skulu goðin eiga dóma sína hvern dag." Þá mælti Gangleri: "Hvat er at segja frá þeim stað?" Þá segir Jafnhár: "Askrinn er allra trjá mestr ok beztr; limar hans dreifask yfir heim allan, ok standa yfir himni. Þrjár rœtr trésins halda því upp, ok standaafar breitt. Ein er með Ásum, enn önnur með Hrímþursum, þar sem forðum var Ginnuinga-gap; hin þriðja stendr yfir Niflheimi, ok undir þeirri rót er Hvergelmir, en Níðhöggr gnagar neðan rótina. Enn undir þeirri rót, er til Hrímþursa horfir, þar er Mímisbrunnr, er spekt ok mannvit er í fólgit; ok heitir sá Mímir, er á brunninn. Hann er fullr of vísindum, fyrir því at hann drekkr ór brunninum af horninu Gjallarhorni. Þar kom Allföðr, ok beiddisk eins drykkjar af brunninum, en hann fekk eigi fyrr en hann lagði auga sitt at veði. Þriðja rót asksins stendr á himni; ok undir þeirri rót er brunnr sá, er mjök er heilagr, er heitir Urðarbrunnr; þar eigu goðin dómstað sinn. Hvern dag ríða Æsir þangat upp um Bifröst; hon heitir ok Ásbrú."

        eigi, not. frá, from, about. fyrir, for. fyrir því at, because. fyrr, before. mjök, much. ok, also. skal, skulu, shall. þangat, thither.

  á, owns (eiga) halda, to hold
  afar, extremely heilagr, holy
  askr, m. ash-tree helgistaðr, m. sanctuary
  beiddisk, asked for (beiða-sk) höfuðstaðr, m. chief seat
  beztr, best lagði, laid (leggja, 3)
  breitt, n. broad (breiðr) limr, m. limb, branch
  brunnr, m. well, spring mannvit, n. intelligence
  dómr, m. judgement, court mestr, greatest
  dómstaðr, m. judgement-place mælti, spoke (mæla, 1)
  dreifask, to spread ríða, to ride
  drekka, to drink rót (pl. rœtr), f. root
  drykkr, m. a drink segja, to say (1, 3)
  eiga, to have, possess spekt, f. wisdom
  eigu, (they) have standa, to stand
  forðum, of old tré, n. tree
  fólgit, hidden (fela) trjá, gen. pl. of tré
  fullr, full veð, n. pledge
  gnaga, to gnaw þrjár, fem. of þrír, three (2)




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