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edda
(encz) | edda, n: |
Edda
(gcide) | Edda \Ed"da\, n.; pl. Eddas. [Icel., lit. great-grandmother
(i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop
Brynj['u]lf 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 |
edda
(wn) | edda
n 1: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root,
cocoyam, dasheen, edda]
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 Scandinavian mythology |
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preddavok
(msas) | preddavok
- advance payment |
preddavok
(msasasci) | preddavok
- advance payment |
cheddar
(encz) | cheddar,čedar n: Zdeněk Brož |
cheddar cheese
(encz) | cheddar cheese, n: |
cheddar pink
(encz) | cheddar pink, n: |
edda
(encz) | edda, n: |
embeddable
(encz) | embeddable,zapustitelný adj: Zdeněk Brožembeddable,zasaditelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hedda
(encz) | Hedda, |
Cheddar
(gcide) | Cheddar \Ched"dar\, a.
Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as,
Cheddar cheese.
[1913 Webster] |
Edda of Snorri
(gcide) | Edda \Ed"da\, n.; pl. Eddas. [Icel., lit. great-grandmother
(i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop
Brynj['u]lf 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 |
Eddaic
(gcide) | Eddaic \Ed*da"ic\, Eddic \Ed"dic\, a.
Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.
[1913 Webster] |
Eddas
(gcide) | Edda \Ed"da\, n.; pl. Eddas. [Icel., lit. great-grandmother
(i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop
Brynj['u]lf 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 |
Keddah
(gcide) | Keddah \Ked"dah\, n. [Malay kedah, fr. Ar. qadah hole.]
An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an
elephant trap. [India]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
prose Edda
(gcide) | Edda \Ed"da\, n.; pl. Eddas. [Icel., lit. great-grandmother
(i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop
Brynj['u]lf 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 |
Veddahs
(gcide) | Veddahs \Ved"dahs\ (v[e^]d"d[.a]z), n. pl. (Ethnol.)
A primitive people of Ceylon. [Written also Weddars.]
--Encyc Brit.
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Weddahs
(gcide) | Weddahs \Wed"dahs\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
See Veddahs.
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Weddars
(gcide) | Veddahs \Ved"dahs\ (v[e^]d"d[.a]z), n. pl. (Ethnol.)
A primitive people of Ceylon. [Written also Weddars.]
--Encyc Brit.
[1913 Webster] |
armerican cheddar
(wn) | Armerican cheddar
n 1: hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in
southwestern England [syn: cheddar, cheddar cheese,
Armerican cheddar, American cheese] |
cheddar
(wn) | Cheddar
n 1: a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was
first made
2: hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in
southwestern England [syn: cheddar, cheddar cheese,
Armerican cheddar, American cheese] |
cheddar cheese
(wn) | cheddar cheese
n 1: hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in
southwestern England [syn: cheddar, cheddar cheese,
Armerican cheddar, American cheese] |
cheddar pink
(wn) | cheddar pink
n 1: mat-forming perennial of central Europe with large fragrant
pink or red flowers [syn: cheddar pink, {Diangus
gratianopolitanus}] |
edda
(wn) | edda
n 1: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root,
cocoyam, dasheen, edda]
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 Scandinavian mythology |
ghedda wax
(wn) | Ghedda wax
n 1: wax from Indian and African bees |
jeddah
(wn) | Jeddah
n 1: port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near
Mecca [syn: Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda] |
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