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skald

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /skɔːld/
  • /skæld/
  • rhymes with -ɔːld
  • rhymes with -æld
  • homophone: scald

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noun

Meaning 1

A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սկալդ (skald) — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Danish: skjald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Esperanto: skaldo — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Faroese: skald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Finnish: skaldi — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • German: Skalde — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Icelandic: skáld — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Italian: scaldo — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Marathi: स्काल्ड (skālḍa) — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Norwegian: skald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Old Norse: skald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Polish: skald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Russian: скальд (skalʹd) — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Northern Sami: skald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Serbo-Croatian: skald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Serbo-Croatian: скалд — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Slovak: skald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Spanish: escaldo — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
  • Turkish: skald — Nordic poet of the Viking Age
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