Edda
noun
a female given name.
Eddic
-
a word derived from
Edda.
Example Sentences
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Eddic poem survives on the battle of the Hjathnings, the story of which is told in prose by Snorri.
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by L. Winifred Faraday
The Eddic poems are not the only versions in Old Norse literature.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
In Bragi’s Eddic poem there is a very manifest introduction of a characteristic Irish rhyme-method.
From The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde by Charles Gavan Duffy
The story is further contained, in some of its details only, in the strange tale of "Nornagest," which has again made use of the Eddic songs and quotes one of them entire.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Their heroes were simply Eddic, of their time, in spirit and in thought.
From Norwegian Life by Ethlyn T. Clough
