edda

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Definition of edda in English Turkish dictionary

eddai

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of edda in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Eski izlanda edebiyatı örneklerinin yer aldığı yapıt

English - English

Definition of edda in English English dictionary

A collection of Old Norse poems and tales from two medieval manuscripts found in Iceland

{i} female first name; collection of old Norse poems from the early 13th century

Body of ancient Icelandic literature. Contained in two 13th-century books, it is the fullest and most detailed source for modern knowledge of Germanic mythology. The Prose Edda (Younger Edda, or Snorra-Edda; 1222), a handbook on poetics by Snorri Sturluson, explains diction and metre in skaldic and Eddic poetry and recounts tales from Norse mythology. The Poetic Edda (Elder Edda, or Sæmundar Edda; 1250-1300) is a collection of mythological and heroic poems of unknown authorship composed 800-1100. These austere lays are the oldest surviving antecedents of the Nibelungenlied legends

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 Scandanavian mythology

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

Related Terms

Poetic Edda

A collection of Old Norse poems, songs, and some prose, containing stories about the Norse gods and legendary heroes

Hyphenation

Ed·da

Etymology

() Old Norse edda (“grandmother”)