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

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edda f (genitive edda, plural eddu)

1. great-grandmother (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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• 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): /ˈeɖɖa/

edda f (plural eddi, masculine eddu)

1. she
   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. ⅩⅤ [Chapter 15]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 27, page 60:

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

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

2. her
   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. Ⅸ [Chapter 9]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 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.

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

edda c

1. an Edda

• Adde