Etymograph

English

Prose Edda

From prose + Edda.

Formed from prose + Edda

Latin ōrō ‘to speak as an orator’

Latin ōrātiō ‘a straightforward speech – i.e. without the…’

Latin prōsa ‘straightforward’

Old French prose

Middle English prose

English prose

Old Norse edda ‘great-grandmother’

English Edda

Today it means

name A prosaic collection of Norse myth compiled by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Prose Edda