˜yÐÄvlog

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skald

or scald

[ skawld, skahld ]

noun

  1. one of the ancient Scandinavian poets.


skald

/ ²õ°ìɔ˱ô»å /

noun

  1. (in ancient Scandinavia) a bard or minstrel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ°ì²¹±ô»å¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ°ì²¹±ô»åi³¦ adjective
  • ²õ°ì²¹±ô»ås³ó¾±±è noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of skald1

First recorded in 1755–65, skald is from the Old Norse word ²õ°ìÄå±ô»å poet
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of skald1

from Old Norse, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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Bard, Jali and Skald will be available to download from Audible from Monday.

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The company behind the project, Audible, is releasing three different collections - titled Bard, Jali and Skald - each with six stories written by high profile authors.

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Scald, Skald, skald, n. one of the ancient Scandinavian poets.—adj.

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I will say this for Lydia," extenuated the Skald, "that though she hadn't no gift to draw a man to her, she knew how to hold her hand off and let him go his own thought.

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Then Thorstein looked at Hakon, where he sate, Mute as a cloud amid the stormy hall, And said: "O, Skald, sing now an olden song, Such as our fathers heard who led great lives; And, as the bravest on a shield is borne Along the waving host that shouts him king, So rode their thrones upon the thronging seas!"

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