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    and speculation surrounds the well. 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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