Edda
noun
a female given name.
Eddaic
-
a word derived from
Edda.
Example Sentences
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The best of the scaldic lays, however, are greatly inferior to the Eddaic poems.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch
Of the Eddaic songs only fragments now remain, but ere they perished there arose from them a saga, that now given to the readers of this.
From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William
His first contribution to mythology was the first volume of an edition of the Eddaic songs, undertaken conjointly with his brother, published in 1815, which, however, was not followed by any more.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
The Eddaic account of the Valkyr's disobedience to All-Father, pictures a saucy and self-willed maiden.
From The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature by Nordby, Conrad Hjalmar
The n. ragin signified rath, council, the pl. of which, regin, Is used in the Eddaic Poems for the gods; that is to say, the consulting, deliberating deities.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
