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Edda n. 冰洲詩集 冰洲詩集 edda n 1: tropical starchy tuberous root [ synonym: { taro}, { taro root}, { cocoyam}, { dasheen}, { edda}] 2: 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 mythologyEdda \ Ed" da\, n.; pl. { Eddas}. [ Icel., lit. great- grandmother ( i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop Brynj[' u] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. Eddaic
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