EDDIC


Meaning of EDDIC in English

ˈedik adjective

also ed·da·ic (ˈ)e|dāik

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Old Norse Edda (probably from edda great-grandmother) + English -ic; probably akin to Middle High German eide mother, Old Norse eitha, Gothic aithei

1. : of or relating to the Old Norse Edda which is a 13th century collection of mythological, heroic, and gnomic poems many of which were composed at a much earlier date

2. : having the characteristics of the alliterative strophic poetry of the Edda that is relatively simple in syntax and imagery — compare skaldic

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