EDDA


Meaning of EDDA in English

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.

[ perh. a name in a Norse poem or f. ON óthr poetry ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.