Gold is called Glasir's foliage after the grove before Valhöll whose every leaf is red gold — the fairest tree among gods and men.
Hví er gull kallat barr eða lauf Glasis? Í Ásgarði fyrir durum Valhallar stendr lundr, sá er Glasir er kallaðr, en lauf hans allt er gull rautt, svá sem hér er kveðit, at
Why is gold called the needles or leaves of Glasir? In Ásgarðr, before the doors of Valhöll, stands a grove called Glasir, and all its leaves are red gold, as is here composed, that:
Sá er viðr fegrstr með goðum ok mönnum.
That is the fairest tree among gods and men.
Skaldic quotations
Anonym (guld = Glasirs löv)
Glasir stendr með gullnu laufi fyrir Sigtýs sölum.
Glasir stands with golden foliage before the halls of Sigtýr [Óðinn].