Læraðr

"Root of harm?" According to Grímnismál, the tree that grows beside Valhalla and in whose branches the goat Heiðrún and the hart Eikþyrnir graze:

25. Heidrun the goat is called,

that stands o'er Odin's hall,

and bites from Lærad's branches.

He a bowl shall fill

with the bright mead;

that drink shall never fail.

26. Eikthyrnir the hart is called,

that stands o'er Odin's hall,

and bites from Lærad's branches;

from his horns fall

drops into Hvergelmir,

whence all waters rise.

The tree is sometimes identified with Yggdrasil. See also Glasir.

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