Edda

n. female first name; collection of old Norse poems from the early 13th century

This page refers to the Eddur, poems and tales of Norse Mythology. For Edda, the ancestress of serfs in the Rígsthula, see Ríg. For the Hungarian rock group, see Edda művek. The term Edda (Plural: Eddas or Icelandic plural: Eddur) applies to the Old Norse Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, both of which were written down in Iceland during the 13th century, although some of the poems included in them may be centuries older.
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Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) ballad, lay

Noun
1. tropical starchy tuberous root
(synonym) taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen
(hypernym) root vegetable
(substance-holonym) poi
(part-holonym) taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta

Edda, old-Icelands prose

(n.)
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.