a collection of mythological Old Norse poems made in the 12th century
2. Also called: Younger Edda, Prose Edda
a treatise on versification together with a collection of Scandinavian myths, legends, and poems compiled by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), the Icelandic historian and poet
Derived forms
Eddaic (ɛˈdeɪɪk)
adjective
Word origin
C18: Old Norse
Edda in American English
(ˈɛdə)
noun
either of two early Icelandic literary works:
a.
the Prose (or Younger) Edda (c. 1230), a summary of Norse mythology with two treatises on skaldic poetry, attributed to Snorri Sturluson
b.
the Poetic (or Elder) Edda, a collection (made c. 1200) of Old Norse poetry
Derived forms
Eddic (ˈEddic) (ˈɛdɪk)
adjective or Edˈdaic (ɛˈdeɪɪk; ɪˈdeɪɪk)
Word origin
ON
Examples of 'Edda' in a sentence
Edda
There was one ` Edda ", cold and hard and clear, that he was sure Thomas Rane must have remembered.