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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SKALD, n. An ancient Scandinavian poet or bard.

Merriam Webster's

or scald noun Etymology: Old Norse sk?ld Date: 1780 an ancient Scandinavian poet; broadly bardskaldic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also scald) (in ancient Scandinavia) a composer and reciter of poems honouring heroes and their deeds. Derivatives: skaldic adj. Etymology: ON skáld, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 Teutonic tribes. [Written also skald.] A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Skald Skald, n. See 5th Scald.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Written also Scald.] Ancient Scandinavian bard.





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