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ALL meanings of edda

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  • noun edda either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241). 1
  • noun edda a collection of mythological Old Norse poems made in the 12th century 0
  • noun edda a treatise on versification together with a collection of Scandinavian myths, legends, and poems compiled by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), the Icelandic historian and poet 0
  • noun edda either of two early Icelandic literary works: 0
  • noun edda the Prose (or Younger) Edda (c. 1230), a summary of Norse mythology with two treatises on skaldic poetry, attributed to Snorri Sturluson 0
  • noun edda the Poetic (or Elder) Edda, a collection (made c. 1200) of Old Norse poetry 0
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