"skald" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skɔːld/, /skæld/ Forms: skalds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːld, -æld Etymology: From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|non|skald}} Old Norse skald, {{doublet|en|scold}} Doublet of scold Head templates: {{en-noun}} skald (plural skalds)
  1. (historical) A Nordic poet of the Viking Age. Wikipedia link: Skald Tags: historical Synonyms: scald Derived forms: skaldic Translations (Nordic poet of the Viking Age): սկալդ (skald) (Armenian), skjald (Danish), skaldo (Esperanto), skald (Faroese), skaldi (Finnish), Skalde (German), skáld (Icelandic), scaldo (Italian), स्काल्ड (skālḍa) (Marathi), skald (Northern Sami), skald (Norwegian), skald (Old Norse), skald [masculine] (Polish), скальд (skalʹd) (Russian), skald (Serbo-Croatian), скалд (Serbo-Croatian), skald [masculine] (Slovak), escaldo [masculine] (Spanish), skald (Turkish)

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