skald
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Etymology
Origin of skald
First recorded in 1755–65, skald is from the Old Norse word skāld poet
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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 Max Müller
“It will be music to his heart,” answered the skald.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
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 Wilhelmine von Hillern
Brage was the son of Odin and being represented as the chief skald in Valhalla he is called the god of poetry.
From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.
I thought that thou wert skald maiden to King Alfred?
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
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