skald

or scald

[ skawld, skahld ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

skald

/ skɔːld /

Origin of skald¹

First recorded in 1755–65, skald is from the Old Norse word skāld poet

Origin of skald¹

from Old Norse, of unknown origin

Thorvald and Vetrlidi the skald made lampoons about Thangbrand, but he slew them both.

The King said, Thou art a troublesome skald, but my man shalt thou be all the same.

They mixed honey with the blood, and thus was produced such mead that whoever drinks from it becomes a skald and sage.

But his bard-songs are like the improvisations of a savage skald, or a forest Druid: immense the thought!

For rumor said that a great Skald had come from the northern lands to compete with the Irish bard.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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