skald

English

Alternative forms

• scald

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɔːld/, /skæld/

Noun

skald (plural skalds)

1. (historical) a Nordic poet of the Viking Age

   • 2010, Myra Gross, Archie Gunn, The Star of Valhalla^[1], Wildside Press LLC, ISBN 9781434404633, page 335:

     Command Egil the Skald to stand forth and stir our viking blood with his songs of thee.

Derived terms

• skaldic

Translations

a Nordic poet of the Viking Age

• Armenian: սկալդ (hy) (skald)
• Danish: skjald (da)
• Faroese: skald (fo)
• German: Skalde (de)
• Icelandic: skáld (is)

• Northern Sami: skald
• Norwegian: skald (no)
• Old Norse: skald
• Russian: скальд (ru) (skalʹd)
• Serbo-Croatian: skald (sh), скалд (sh)

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Noun

skald n (genitive singular skalds, plural skald or skøld)

1. poet, composer

Declension

n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skald	skaldið	skald	skaldini
Accusative	skald	skaldið	skald	skaldini
Dative	skaldi	skaldinum	skaldum	skaldunum
Genitive	skalds	skaldsins	skalda	skaldanna

n5	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skald	skaldið	skøld	skøldini
Accusative	skald	skaldið	skøld	skøldini
Dative	skaldi	skaldinum	skøldum	skøldunum
Genitive	skalds	skaldsins	skalda	skaldanna

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Old Norse

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• skáld

Noun

skald n

1. poet, skald

Descendants

Danish: skjald Faroese: skald Icelandic: skáld Norwegian: skald Swedish: skald English: skald Serbo-Croatian: skȁld, skȃld, skȁlda

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Alternative forms

• skȁlda m or f

Pronunciation

• (skȁld) IPA: /skâld/
• (skȃld) IPA: /skâːld/

Noun

skȁld m (Cyrillic spelling ска̏лд) or skȃld m (Cyrillic spelling ска̑лд)

1. skald

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Noun

skald c

1. poet