skald
noun
one of the ancient Scandinavian poets.
skaldic
-
a word derived from
skald.
Example Sentences
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He imperiled his life again to take away from the Giants the skaldic mead, which made anyone who tasted it a poet.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Such abrupt brevity of expression, not uncommon among Norwegian peasants, was no doubt natural to Björnson, but was confirmed by the influence of the Old Norse sagas and skaldic poetry.
From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer
In the Eddas and in the skaldic lays he has in all nearly two hundred names.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
Or, perhaps, the bard received inspiration by drinking magic water from the fountain called Hippocrene, or the skaldic mead which dripped from the moon.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
We have not a single proof that they were acquainted with any saga or any skaldic composition.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various
