Best Things (The Eight)
, according to Scandinavian mythology:—
(1) The ash Yggdrasil is the best of trees;
(2) Skidbladnir, of shíps;
(3) Odin, of the Æsirʹ;
(4) Sleipnir, of steeds;
(5) Bifrost, of bridges;
(6) Bragi, of bards;
(7) Habrok, of hawks
(8) Garm, of hounds.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.