skald

skald

See also: skáld

English

Alternative forms

• scald

Etymology

From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔːld/, /skæld/
• Rhymes: -ɔːld, -æld
• Homophone: scald

Noun

skald (plural skalds)

1. (historical) A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.
   • 1820, Walter Scott, chapter I, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662, 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.
   • 2010, Myra Gross; Archie Gunn, The Star of Valhalla, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 335:

     Command Egil the Skald to stand forth and stir our viking blood with his songs of thee.

Derived terms

• skaldic

Translations

Nordic poet of the Viking Age

Armenian: սկալդ (hy) (skald) Danish: skjald Esperanto: skaldo Faroese: skald Finnish: skaldi German: Skalde (de) Icelandic: skáld (is) Italian: scaldo (it) Northern Sami: skald Norwegian: skald Old Norse: skald Polish: skald (pl) m Russian: скальд (ru) (skalʹd) Serbo-Croatian: skald (sh), скалд Slovak: skald m Spanish: escaldo (es) m Turkish: skald

Anagrams

• dalks

---

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skalt/

Noun

skald n (genitive singular skalds, plural skald or skøld)

1. poet, composer

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

• tónaskald

Related terms

• skaldanavn, skaldaverk, skaldkona, skaldskapur, skaldsøga

Further reading

• "skald" at Sprotin.fo

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse skald, skáld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑld/

Noun

skald m (definite singular skalden, indefinite plural skaldar, definite plural skaldane)

1. (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

• skáld

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *skeldʰ-.[1] Compare German schelten and Dutch schelden.

Noun

skald n

1. poet, skald

Declension

  Declension of skald (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skald	skaldit	skǫld	skǫldin
accusative	skald	skaldit	skǫld	skǫldin
dative	skaldi	skaldinu	skǫldum	skǫldunum
genitive	skalds	skaldsins	skalda	skaldanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skáld
• Faroese: skald
• Old Swedish: skald, skol
  • Swedish: skald
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: skald
• → Norwegian Bokmål: skald
• → Danish: skald, skjald
• → English: skald, scold
• → Serbo-Croatian: skȁld, skȃld, skȁlda
• → Slovak: skald

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*skelda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439

---

Polish

Etymology

From Old Norse skald (“poet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skalt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alt
• Syllabification: skald

Noun

skald m pers

1. (historical) skald (a Nordic poet)

   Hypernyms: poeta, śpiewak

Declension

Declension of skald

	singular	plural
nominative	skald	skaldowie
genitive	skalda	skaldów
dative	skaldowi	skaldom
accusative	skalda	skaldów
instrumental	skaldem	skaldami
locative	skaldzie	skaldach
vocative	skaldzie	skaldowie

Further reading

• skald in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• skald in Polish dictionaries at PWN

---

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• skȁlda m or f

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Pronunciation

• (skȁld) IPA^(key): /skâld/
• (skȃld) IPA^(key): /skâːld/

Noun

skȁld m (Cyrillic spelling ска̏лд) or skȃld m (Cyrillic spelling ска̑лд)

1. skald

---

Slovak

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaɫt/

Noun

skald m (genitive singular skalda, nominative plural skaldi, skaldovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. skald

Declension

Declension of skald

	singular	plural
nominative	skald	skaldi, skaldovia
genitive	skalda	skaldov
dative	skaldovi	skaldom
accusative	skalda	skaldov
locative	skaldovi	skaldoch
instrumental	skaldom	skaldmi

Derived terms

• skaldský
• skaldický

References

• skald in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

---

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Noun

skald c

1. poet