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    speculation surrounds the wellspring. Urðarbrunnr is attested in the following works: In the Poetic Edda, Urðarbrunnr is mentioned in stanzas 19 and 20 of...
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    root is the "very holy" well Urðarbrunnr. At Urðarbrunnr the gods hold their court, and every day the Æsir ride to Urðarbrunnr up over the bridge Bifröst...
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  • at the primary roots of the cosmic tree Yggdrasil (the other two are Urðarbrunnr and Mímisbrunnr), and that within the spring are a vast amount of snakes...
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    Gylfaginning. Urðr is together with the other Norns located at the well Urðarbrunnr beneath the world ash tree Yggdrasil of Asgard. They spin threads of...
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    other two being Hvergelmir, located beneath a root in Niflheim, and Urðarbrunnr. In the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, a völva recounts to Odin that she knows...
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    The genitive was used partitively and in compounds and kennings (e.g., Urðarbrunnr, the well of Urðr; Lokasenna, the gibing of Loki). There were several...
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    Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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    The word also appears in the name of the well where the Norns meet, Urðarbrunnr. The Old English term wyrd derives from a Proto-Germanic term *wurđíz...
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    tree Yggdrasil. At the foot of the tree is a well, which is presumably Urðarbrunnr. No caption or title provided in the work, but the illustration appears...
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    Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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    three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well...
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    Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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    Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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  • it the Æsir cross each day to hold council beneath Yggdrasil at the Urðarbrunnr. Based on this, Bifröst is commonly interpreted as the bridge to Asgard...
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    three primary Norns Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi, and Skuld draw water from Urðarbrunnr to nourish Yggdrasill, the tree at the center of the cosmos]], and prevent...
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    other "chief centres" there are in the heavens outside of the spring Urðarbrunnr. Gangleri responds that there are many fine places in heaven, including...
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    Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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    wades through the boiling waters of the rivers Körmt and Örmt) to reach Urðarbrunnr, a holy well where the gods have their court. As a reference, Just-As-High...
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  • In Norse mythology, at the foot of Yggdrasil, an ever-green ash-tree: Urðarbrunnr, where the gods hold court Mímisbrunnr, the place of Wóden's ordeal Hvergelmir...
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    Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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  • England. Svartálfaheimr The land of the Dark Elves in Norse mythology. Urðarbrunnr A well in Norse mythology. Valhalla (from Old Norse Valhöll "hall of...
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  • is used partitively, and quite often in compounds and kennings (e.g.: Urðarbrunnr, the well of Urðr; Lokasenna, the gibing of Loki). Most declensions (of...
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  • the foot of Yggdrasil, the tree of the world. Beneath them is the well Urðarbrunnr with the two swans that have engendered all the swans in the world....
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    Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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    Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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    extend far into the nine worlds, and at its three roots are three wells: Urðarbrunnr, where the gods assemble daily in a thing and the three norns tend the...
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    three roots that extend far away into other locations: one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well...
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    Hvergelmir (Bubbling Boiling Spring), a major spring. (Norse mythology) Urðarbrunnr (also Well of Wyrd), a well that lies beneath Yggdrasil, and is associated...
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  • Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral...
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    (translated variously as "lakes", "wells" and "ponds"). These include Urðarbrunnr (where three norns live and the gods meet to give judgement) and Mímisbrunnr...
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