Eddaic

Variant of Edda

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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