Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A medieval Scandinavian poet, especially one writing in the Viking age.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
scald . - noun See
scald .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See 5th
scald .
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- noun historical a
Nordic poet of theViking Age
Etymologies
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Examples
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This led to problems since Durand is really a rather clueless young man and needed the infodumps almost as badly as the reader – so Keck introduces Heremund the Skald a skald is a medieval Scandinavian bard or minstrel – I had to look it up.
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This led to problems since Durand is really a rather clueless young man and needed the infodumps almost as badly as the reader – so Keck introduces Heremund the Skald a skald is a medieval Scandinavian bard or minstrel – I had to look it up.
Archive 2007-11-01 Neth 2007
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Which was the sort of issue that led me to 'skald'....
Archaic terminology in historical fiction Carla 2006
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Tradition maintains that a band of these rovers discovered America centuries before Columbus.] [Footnote 2: A skald was a Norse poet who celebrated in song the deeds of warriors.] [Footnote 3: A saga is an ancient Scandinavian legend or tradition, relating mythical or historical events.] "Take heed, that in thy verse
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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I'm discovering that I like Danilaw a lot -- he's got the ability to extemporize political speeches like a trained skald and he's also pretty funny.
don't expect your good heart to save your neck stillsostrange 2009
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He flicked an ear but reared up again, striking relentlessly at the skald.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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From the other side of the byre she watched in queasy horror as the dun horse savaged the skald.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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The skald managed to twist out of the way and take a few running steps, but Rune chased after him, his teeth clacking like iron on iron.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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Aelfhere seems to be a scop, called skald, in this story, singing the tale of Beowulf for his grandson.
Archive 2008-06-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2008
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Aelfhere seems to be a scop, called skald, in this story, singing the tale of Beowulf for his grandson.
Saving Beowulf Mary Kate Hurley 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word skald
"A pagan skald chants a dark saga (a Mahabharata), as a papal cabal blackballs all annals and tracts, all dramas and psalms: Kant and Kafka, Marx and Marat."
Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 12
May 20, 2010