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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Edda \Ed"da\, n.; pl. {Eddas}. [Icel., lit. great-grandmother
(i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop
Brynj['u]lf 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]
Note: 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. Eddaic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edda
n 1: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: {taro}, {taro root},
{cocoyam}, {dasheen}, {edda}]
2: either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the
late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and
heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary
source for Scandinavian mythology
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