edda

edda

1. Alternative form of ella

• “ella, illa, edda, idda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

• IPA^(key): /ida/

edda

1. foot

From Old Norse edda, thought to have meant “great-grandmother”. Also suggested to be related to óðr (“poem”).

edda f (definite singular edda, indefinite plural edder or eddor, definite plural eddene or eddone)

1. an Edda

   Den eldre edda ― The poetic Edda

Possibly a cognate to or derived from the Ancient Greek εἴδω (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈedːa/

edda f (genitive edda, plural eddu)

1. knowledge (more at εἴδω)
2. Old Norse rendering in the Rígsþula of Eidyia, queen to Aeetes and daughter of Oceanus and Tethys

• amma (“grandmother”)
• ái (“great-grandfather”)

From Latin illa, feminine of ille, from Old Latin olle (feminine olla), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɖɖa/

edda f (plural eddi, masculine eddu)

1. she
   • 1866, chapter XV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎ (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 27, page 60:

     Ma edda s’avvizinesi, e l’aduresi, dizendi: Signori, aggiuddami.

     But she came closer, and worshipped him, saying "Lord, help me!"

   • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ma nò la vogliu mari [But I don't wish her ill]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 77:

     Èdda è sèmpri cu la frébba
     candu noi passemu impari
     sott’a lu só balchòni.

     She’s always feverish, whenever we pass together under her balcony.

2. her
   • 1866, chapter IX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎ (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 18, page 30:

     Signori, la me’ figliola abalabà è molta: ma veni, poni la to’ manu sobbra edda, e vibarà.

     Lord, my daughter has just died. But come, place your hand upon her, and she will live.

   • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Mamma tóia, Rusì [Your mother, Rosina]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 84:

     Parchì par’èdda éra un diliriu mannu,
     candu pudia abé calchi pïanta.

     Because it was a great joy for her whenever she could have some plant.

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

edda c

1. an Edda

• Adde