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Edda en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛdə/

Etymology

Likely from Old Norse edda (“great-grandmother”).

Meanings

  1. A collection of Old Norse poems and tales from two medieval manuscripts found in Iceland.
    • So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished. 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Eddas Number=Plur lexicographic
the Edda canonical lexicographic

Deriveds

Eddaic · Snorri's Edda · Eddic · Poetic Edda · Prose Edda

Translations (5)

de Edda (Translations) · fr Edda (Translations) · nds Edda (Translations) · sv edda (Translations) · ca Edda (Translations)