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Edda Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Edda?
[n] tropical starchy tuberous root
Synonyms | Synonyms for Edda: cocoyam | dasheen | taro | taro root Related Terms | Find terms related to Edda: See Also | Colocasia esculenta | dalo | poi | root vegetable | taro plant Edda In Webster's Dictionary \Ed"da\, n.; pl. {Eddas}. [Icel., lit. great-grandmother
(i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop
Brynj['u]lf Sveinsson, who brought it again to light in
1643.]
The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian
tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas
(legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.
Note: There are two Eddas. The older, consisting of 39 poems,
was reduced to writing from oral tradition in Iceland
between 1050 and 1133. The younger or {prose Edda},
called also the {Edda of Snorri}, is the work of
several writers, though usually ascribed to Snorri
Sturleson, who was born in 1178.
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