skald
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See also: skáld
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.
Pronunciation
Noun
skald (plural skalds)
- (historical) A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.
- 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:
- 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.
- 1913, Henry Bedford-Jones, Flamehair the Skald: A Tale of the Days of Hardrede: passim:
Derived terms
Translations
Nordic poet of the Viking Age
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Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
skald n (genitive singular skalds, plural skald or skøld)
Declension
| Declension of skald | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Declension of skald | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Hyponyms
Related terms
Further reading
- "skald" at Sprotin.fo
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse skald, skáld.
Pronunciation
Noun
skald m (definite singular skalden, indefinite plural skaldar, definite plural skaldane)
- (historical) a skald
References
- “skald” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “skald”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeldʰ-. Compare German schelten and Dutch schelden.
Noun
skald n
Declension
Declension of skald (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- hǫfuðskald (“chief skalds”)
- Skaldatal (“traditional list of skalds and the kings they served”)
- skaldmær (“skald-maiden, poetess”)
- skaldskapr (“skaldship; poetry”)
- skaldstǫng (“a “skald-pole”; pagan ritual object”)
Related terms
- skeldinn (“versed in poetry”)
Descendants
References
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse skald.
Pronunciation
Noun
skald m pers
- (historical) skald (Nordic poet)
Declension
Declension of skald
Further reading
- skald in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- skȁlda m or f
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
skȁld m (Cyrillic spelling ска̏лд) or skȃld m (Cyrillic spelling ска̑лд)
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
skald m anim (genitive singular skalda, nominative plural skaldi, skaldovia, declension pattern of chlap)
Declension
Declension of skald
Derived terms
References
- “skald”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse skald. The inherited form would be *skåll.
Pronunciation
Noun
skald c
- (historical) skald
- (higher register) poet
- Synonym: poet
- 1897 December 7, August Strindberg, edited by Torsten Eklund, August Strindbergs brev. 12. December 1896–augusti 1898 (letter), Till Emil Kléen, page 231:
- Skalden, hvilken har journalismen som näringsfång borde medan han är jemförelsevis ung göra en studieresa till Europens hufvudstad, Paris; t.ex. under pretext studera journalism och telegrambyråkratism.
- The poet, who has journalism as a livelihood, while he is comparatively young, should make a study trip to the capital of Europe, Paris; for example under the pretext of studying journalism and telegram bureaucracy.
Declension
| Declension of skald | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skald | skalden | skalder | skalderna |
| Genitive | skalds | skaldens | skalders | skaldernas |
Derived terms
- nationalskald (“national poet”)