n.; pl. Eddas [ Icel., lit. great-grandmother (i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop Brynjúlf 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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.

v. t. To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. edor hedge, fence; akin to etar. ] Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Adder. ] (Zoöl.) An adder or serpent. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. edisc; cf. AS. pref. ed- again, anew. Cf. Eddy, and Arrish. ] Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Bot.) The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To collect as into an eddy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The circling mountains eddy in
From the bare wild the dissipated storm. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Eddied p. pr. & vb. n. Eddying. ] To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Eddies [ Prob. fr. Icel. iða; cf. Icel. pref. ið- back, AS. ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. ita-; Goth. id-. ] 1. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool. [ 1913 Webster ]

And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]