/ed"euh/ , n.
a female given name.
Also, Eda .
— Eddic, Eddaic /e day"ik/ , adj.
/ed"euh/ , n.
either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects ( Elder Edda or Poetic Edda ) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055-1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. ( Younger Edda or Prose Edda ), compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241).