[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

edda \ed"da\, n.; pl. eddas. icel., lit. great-grandmother
   i. e., of scandinavian poetry, so called by bishop
   brynj'ulf 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.
   1913 webster

   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. eddaic
see also:
eddas prose edda edda of snorri 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
taro taro root cocoyam dasheen 

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