Edda
pronunciation
How to pronounce Edda in British English:
UK [ˈedə]
How to pronounce Edda in American English:
US [ˈɛdə]
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- Noun:
- tropical starchy tuberous root
Word Origin
- Edda (n.)
- 1771, by some identified with the name of the old woman (literally "grandmother") in the Old Norse poem "Rigsþul," by others derived from Old Norse oðr "spirit, mind, passion, song, poetry" (cognate with Old Irish faith "poet," Welsh gwawd "poem," Old English woþ "sound, melody, song," Latin vates "seer, soothsayer;" see wood (adj.)). It is the name given in Icelandic c. 1300, by whom it is not known, to two Icelandic books, the first a miscellany of poetry, mythology, and grammar by Snorri Sturluson (d.1241), since 1642 called the Younger or Prose Edda; and a c. 1200 collection of ancient Germanic poetry and religious tales, called the Elder or Poetic Edda. Related: Eddaic; Eddic.
Example
- 1. Edda , my partner , was in tears on the sofa beside me .
- 2. Nothing is more wearying , for readers whose tastes have been formed by the realist novel , than the elder edda .
- 3. Acceptable chengji mom that coerce silver edda , want to help wave , but suffer silver silver wave wave rebuffed .
- 4. But even more compelling was his arranged marriage between the elder edda and " the wind in the willows " - big icelandic romance and small-scale , cozy english children 's book .