Meanings
plural skalds · alternative scald
- historicalA Nordic poet of the Viking Age.
Command Egil the Skald to stand forth and stir our viking blood with his songs of thee.
2010, Myra Gross, Archie Gunn, The Star of Valhalla, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 3351 more example
The fire was spreading rapidly through all parts of the castle, when Ulrica, who had first kindled it, appeared on a turret, in the guise of one of the ancient furies, yelling forth a war-song, such as was of yore chaunted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons.
1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter I, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 28
Origin
- Old Norseskald
- Englishskald
From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.
More words from Old Norse
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish skjald
- skjaldNordic poet of the Viking Age
Esperanto skaldo
- skaldoNordic poet of the Viking Age
Finnish skaldi
- skaldiNordic poet of the Viking Age
German Skalde
- SkaldeNordic poet of the Viking Age
Icelandic skáld
- skáldNordic poet of the Viking Age
Italian scaldo
- scaldoNordic poet of the Viking Age
Norwegian skald
- skaldNordic poet of the Viking Age
Polish skald
- skaldNordic poet of the Viking Age
Russian скальд
- скальд (skalʹd)Nordic poet of the Viking Age
Slovak skald
- skaldNordic poet of the Viking Age
Spanish escaldo
- escaldoNordic poet of the Viking Age
Turkish skald
- skaldNordic poet of the Viking Age
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with skald
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Cite this entry
skald. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skald
“skald.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skald. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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