Skald
11Skald — A Scandinavian court poet or bard; like many such singer poets he was itinerant; also like a poet laureate, he would compose poems for occasions, such as a battle. After the *Norman Conquest of 1066, a skald named Thorkill, once under the… …
12skald — [skɔ:ld, skald] (also scald) noun (in ancient Scandinavia) a composer and reciter of poems honouring heroes and their deeds. Derivatives skaldic adjective Origin from ON skáld, of unknown origin …
13skald — Scald Scald (sk[a^]ld or sk[add]ld; 277), n. [Icel. sk[=a]ld.] One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient… …
14skald — or scald noun Etymology: Old Norse skāld Date: 1780 an ancient Scandinavian poet; broadly bard • skaldic adjective …
15skald — skaldic, adj. skaldship, n. /skawld, skahld/, n. one of the ancient Scandinavian poets. Also, scald. [1755 65; < ON skald poet] * * * …
16skald — noun /skâld/lang=sh/skâːld/lang=sh a) a Nordic poet of the Viking Age b) poet, composer …
17Skald — Le nom Skald désignait un poéte Nordique, ou un barde …
18skald — • diktare, skald, poet …
19Skald (disambiguation) — Skald can refer to: *Skald, a Viking poet *Skald (publisher), a Norwegian publishing houseDistinguish from*scald …
20SKALD — an old Scandinavian poet, a reciter or singer of poems in praise of the Norse warriors and their deeds …
