Edda
noun
a female given name.
Eddic
-
a word derived from
Edda.
Example Sentences
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In the Eddic theology he is a patron of war, as becomes the chief god of a warlike people.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies
The Eddic poems are not the only versions in Old Norse literature.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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
The "fierce eyes" of the hero or heroine, which can daunt an assassin as could the piercing glance of Marius, are the "falcon eyes" of the Eddic Lays.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo
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
