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Elder Edda — Elder Edda, a collection of old Icelandic songs about gods and heroes collected during the 1100 s and early 1200 s … Useful english dictionary
Elder Edda. — See under Edda … Useful english dictionary
Edda — • A title applied to two different collections of old Norse literature, the poetical or Elder Edda and the prose or Younger Edda Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Edda Edda … Catholic encyclopedia
Edda — [ed′ə] n. [ON] 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… … English World dictionary
Edda — This page refers to the Eddur, poems and tales of Norse Mythology. For Edda, the ancestress of serfs in the Rígsthula, see Ríg. For the Hungarian rock group, see Edda művek. The term Edda (Plural: Eddas or Norse plural: Eddur) applies to the Old… … Wikipedia
Edda — /ed euh/, n. a female given name. Also, Eda. Eddic, Eddaic /e day ik/, adj. /ed euh/, n. either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (Elder Edda or Poetic Edda) erroneously attributed… … Universalium
Edda(s) — The Eddas, the source books of Nordic myths, have come to us mainly in three texts. The oldest of these is the Elder Edda or Codex Regius, considered to have been drawn up by the Icelandic historian Saemund about the year 1090. The next is… … Who’s Who in non-classical mythology
Edda — Les Eddas sont des écrits Nordiques, principales sources manuscrites du mythe germanique. Il y a deux Eddas, le plus vieux l’Elder Edda ou l’Elder poétique. C’est une collection de 34 poèmes islandais datant aux environs des IXIÈME ou XIIéme… … Mythologie nordique
Edda — n. 1 (also Elder Edda, Poetic Edda) a collection of medieval Icelandic poems on Norse legends. 2 (also Younger Edda, Prose Edda) a 13th c. miscellaneous handbook to Icelandic poetry. Etymology: perh. a name in a Norse poem or f. ON oacutethr… … Useful english dictionary
edda — n. 1 (also Elder Edda, Poetic Edda) a collection of medieval Icelandic poems on Norse legends. 2 (also Younger Edda, Prose Edda) a 13th c. miscellaneous handbook to Icelandic poetry. Etymology: perh. a name in a Norse poem or f. ON oacutethr… … Useful english dictionary
