Edda : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Edda	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edda n tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda] 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 Scandinavian mythology
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edda \Ed"da\, n.; pl. {Eddas}. [Icel., lit. great-grandmother (i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop Brynj[a3]lf Sveinsson, who brought it again to light in 1643.] 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. Note: There are two Eddas. The older, consisting of 39 poems, was reduced to writing from oral tradition in Iceland between 1050 and 1133. The younger or {prose Edda}, called also the {Edda of Snorri}, is the work of several writers, though usually ascribed to Snorri Sturleson, who was born in 1178.