Skald
1skald — 1763, Scandinavian poet and singer of medieval times, from O.N. skald skald, poet (9c.), of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE root *sekw to say, utter. The modern word is an antiquarian revival. Usually applied to Norwegian and Icelandic poets of… …
2skald — [skôld, skäld] n. [ON skāld: see SCOLD] any of the ancient Scandinavian poets, specif. of the Viking period skaldic adj …
3Skald — Skald, n. See 5th {Scald}. [1913 Webster] …
4skald — skȃld m <N mn skȁldi> DEFINICIJA glazb. pov. pjesnik na norveškom, potom i na islandskom dvoru (9 13. st.); skaldi su tvorci skaldske poezije ETIMOLOGIJA stnord. skáld …
5skald — skald; skald·ic; …
6skald- — *skald germ.: Quelle: Ortsname (1. Jh. v. Chr.); Sonstiges: Reichert, Lexikon der altgermanischen Namen 2, 1990, 607 (Scaldis) …
7skald|ic — «SKL dihk, SKAHL », adjective. of or having to do with the skalds or their poetry and songs. Also, scaldic …
8Skald — For other uses, see Skald (disambiguation). Bersi Skáldtorfuson composing poetry while in chains after being captured by King Óláfr Haraldsson. The skald was a member of a group of poets, whose courtly poetry (Icelandic: dróttkvæði) is associated …
9Skald — Die Skalden (altnordisch skáld oder skæld = „Dichter“) waren höfische Dichter im mittelalterlichen Skandinavien, vorwiegend in Norwegen. Ihre Kunst nennt sich Skaldendichtung bzw. Skaldik, eine der genuin nordischen Kunstgattungen neben Saga… …
10skald — or scald II [[t]skɔld, skɑld[/t]] n. lit. an ancient Scandinavian poet • Etymology: 1755–65; < ON skāld poet skald′ic, adj. skald′ship, n …
