Edda是什么意思

n. 《埃达》（冰岛诗集）

英文词源

Edda (n.): 1771, by some identified with the name of the old woman (literally "grandmother") in the Old Norse poem "Rigsþul," by others derived from Old Norse oðr "spirit, mind, passion, song, poetry" (cognate with Old Irish faith "poet," Welsh gwawd "poem," Old English woþ "sound, melody, song," Latin vates "seer, soothsayer;" see wood (adj.)).

It is the name given in Icelandic c. 1300, by whom it is not known, to two Icelandic books, the first a miscellany of poetry, mythology, and grammar by Snorri Sturluson (d.1241), since 1642 called the Younger or Prose Edda; and a c. 1200 collection of ancient Germanic poetry and religious tales, called the Elder or Poetic Edda. Related: Eddaic; Eddic.

1. Their story is counterpointed by a subplot involving housewife Edda Barends, who is kidnapped.: 同一时间,在城市的另一端,一位家庭主妇因不明原因被绑架,遭囚期间, 男子不断以拍摄其照片取乐.