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Definition of 'skald'

English

Alternative forms

* scald

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (historical) a Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • :* {{quote-book
  • |year=2010 |year_published= |edition= |editor= |author=Myra Gross, Archie Gunn |title=The Star of Valhalla |chapter= citation |genre= |publisher=Wildside Press LLC |isbn=9781434404633 |page=335 |passage=Command Egil the Skald to stand forth and stir our viking blood with his songs of thee. }}

    Derived terms

    * skaldic