Edda
/ˈɛdə
/Either of two 13th-century Icelandic books, the Elder or Poetic Edda (a collection of Old Norse poems on Norse legends) and the Younger or Prose Edda (a handbook to Icelandic poetry by Snorri Sturluson). The Eddas are the chief source of knowledge of Scandinavian mythology.
Origin
Either from the name of a character in the Old Norse poem Rigsthul, or from Old Norse óthr 'poetry'.
Rhymes
- aspiration
- aspirational
- aspirationally
- aspirational voter
- aspirator
- aspire
- aspirin
- aspiring
- (as) pissed as a newt (or fart)
- (as) plain as a pikestaff
- as plain as the nose on someone's face
- (as) pleased as Punch
- as pleased (or proud) as Punch
- (as) poor as a church mouse
- asportation
- a sprat to catch a mackerel
- asprawl
- (as) pretty as a picture
- asp viper
- a square deal
- a square peg in a round hole
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) quiet as a mouse (or lamb)
- (as) quiet as the grave
- asquint