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.

Etymology: perh. a name in a Norse poem or f. ON {oacute}thr poetry

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.