skald
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of skald
First recorded in 1755–65, skald is from the Old Norse word skāld poet
Example Sentences
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Where would skald maiden get so beautiful a one?
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
“Why, it is the skald maiden!” exclaimed the Danish girl, as she drew near to the Saxon maiden.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
In this poetical language, which every skald was bound to speak, there were no less than 115 names for Odin; an island could be called by 120 synonymous titles.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
Now, twelve centuries later, it lived again, and the terrible event was once more enacted, just as the skald had sung, just as it happened nearly two thousand years ago.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
King Skule—Have you at all times full faith that you are a skald?
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Lodge, Henry Cabot
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