释义 |
ed·dic \ˈedik\ adjective also ed·da·ic \(ˈ)e|dāik\ Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Old Norse Edda (probably from edda great-grandmother) + English -ic; probably akin to Middle High German eide mother, Old Norse eitha, Gothic aithei 1. : of or relating to the Old Norse Edda which is a 13th century collection of mythological, heroic, and gnomic poems many of which were composed at a much earlier date 2. : having the characteristics of the alliterative strophic poetry of the Edda that is relatively simple in syntax and imagery — compare skaldic |