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Edda

Ed·da [ éddə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. early 12C Norse poem collection: an early 13th-century collection of Old Norse poems

2. 13C Norse treatise: a 13th-century collection compiled by Snorri Sturluson containing Norse myths, poems, and a treatise on poetry

[Late 17th century. Probably < Old Norse ōðr "spirit, mind, passion, song, poetry"]

Ed·dic adjective
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