skald

or scald

[ skawld, skahld ]

/ skɔld, skɑld /

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noun

one of the ancient Scandinavian poets.

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Origin of skald

First recorded in 1755–65, skald is from the Old Norse word skāld poet

OTHER WORDS FROM skald

skaldic, adjectiveskaldship, noun

Words nearby skald

skag, Skagen, Skagerrak, Skagit, Skagway, skald, Skanda, Skaneateles Lake, skanger, skank, skanky

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How to use skald in a sentence

Thorvald and Vetrlidi the skald made lampoons about Thangbrand, but he slew them both.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
The King said, Thou art a troublesome skald, but my man shalt thou be all the same.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
They mixed honey with the blood, and thus was produced such mead that whoever drinks from it becomes a skald and sage.
The Younger Edda|Snorre
But his bard-songs are like the improvisations of a savage skald, or a forest Druid: immense the thought!
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1|Elizabeth Bisland

For rumor said that a great Skald had come from the northern lands to compete with the Irish bard.
The Golden Spears|Edmund Leamy

British Dictionary definitions for skald

skald

scald

/ (skɔːld) /

noun

(in ancient Scandinavia) a bard or minstrel

Derived forms of skald

skaldic or scaldic, adjective

Word Origin for skald

from Old Norse, of unknown origin

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