Etymology

skald

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Today it means: A Nordic poet of the Viking Age. Full definition →

Old Norse skald
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The story

  1. Old Norse · borrowed fromskald
  2. English todayskald

From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.

Words from the same roots

Old Norseskald all →

scold

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.