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Edda
The term "Edda" (; Old Norse ''Edda'', plural ''Eddur'') applies to the Old Norse ''Prose Edda'' and has been adapted to fit the collection of poems known as the ''Poetic Edda'' which lacks an original title. Both works were written down in Iceland during the 13th century in Icelandic, although they contain material from earlier traditional sources, reaching into the Viking Age. The books are the main sources of medieval skaldic tradition in Iceland and Norse mythology.
==Etymology==
There are several theories concerning the origins of the word ''edda''. One theory holds that it is identical to a word that means "great-grandmother" appearing in the Eddic poem ''Rígsþula.''〔Snorri Sturluson. ''The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse Mythology'', translated by Jean I. Young (University of California Press, 1964), p. 8.〕 Another theory holds that ''edda'' derives from Old Norse ''óðr'', "poetry". A third, proposed in 1895 by Eiríkr Magnússon, is that it derives from the Icelandic place name ''Oddi'', site of the church and school where students, including Snorri Sturluson, were educated. A fourth hypothesis—the derivation of the word ''Edda'' as the name of Snorri Sturluson’s treatise on poetry from the Latin ''edo'', "I compose (poetry)", by analogy with ''kredda'', "superstition", from Latin ''credo'', "creed"—is now widely accepted, though this acceptance may stem from its agreement with modern usage rather than historical accuracy.〔''Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages'' (2010) under "Snorri Sturluson"〕 There is also suggestion from local Icelandic scholars that the Edda is the same Norse root as Sanskrit 'Vedas' meaning 'knowledge'.
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