資料來源 : pyDict
冰洲詩集
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Edda \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.
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
edda
n 1: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: {taro}, {taro root}, {cocoyam},
{dasheen}]
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 Scandanavian mythology