The Prose Edda · Part 3

Skáldskaparmál 34

Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, 1916 · 2 paragraphs · Read at the source

34.1"Why is gold called the Needles, or Leaves; of Glasir? In Ásgard, before the doors of Valhall, there stands a grove which is called Glasir, and its leafage is all red gold, even as is sung here: Glasir stands With golden leafage Before the High God's halls.

34.2Far and wide, this tree is the fairest known among gods and men.