KALEVALA
\ke͡ɪlvˈɑːlə], \keɪlvˈɑːlə], \k_eɪ_l_v_ˈɑː_l_ə]\
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kal-e-vä'lä, n. the great Finnish epic, written in eight-syllabled trochaic verse (from which Longfellow's Hiawatha is imitated), taken down from the lips of the peasantry and pieced together by Dr. Lönnrot of Helsingfors in 1835, in extended form (22,793 verses) in 1849. [Finnish, kaleva, a hero, -la, denoting place.]
By Thomas Davidson
