Edda

(edə)

noun

either of two early Icelandic literary works:
  1. the (c. 1230), a summary of Norse mythology with two treatises on skaldic poetry, attributed to Snorri Sturluson
  2. the , a collection (made c. 1200) of Old Norse poetry

Origin: ON

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See Edda in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A collection of Old Norse poems, called the Elder or Poetic Edda, assembled in the early 13th century.
  2. A manual of Icelandic poetry, called the Younger or Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241).

Origin:

Origin: Old Norse

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  • Edˈdic adjective
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