skaldn.

Brit.

/skɔːld/,

/skald/, U.S.

/skɔld/,

/skɑld/

Forms: Also 1700s scalld, 1700s– scald.

Etymology: < Old Norse and Icelandic skáld neuter, occurring as early as the 9th cent.; no satisfactory etymology has yet been proposed. Hence also modern Norwegian and Swedish skald, Danish (incorrectly) skjald, †sk(i)alder, sk(i)aldre.

An ancient Scandinavian poet. Also sometimes in general use, a poet. Usually applied to Norwegian and Icelandic poets of the Viking period and down to c1250, but often without any clear idea as to their function and the character of their work.

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scalder1763

skald1763

α.

1763 T. Percy Five Pieces Runic Poetry Pref. sig. A 5^v It was the constant study of the northern Scalds to lift their poetic style as much as possible above that of their prose.

1763 T. Percy Five Pieces Runic Poetry 49 The Ransome of Egill the Scald.

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. 60 It is supposed, that Rollo carried with him many scalds from the north.

1830 W. Scott Ivanhoe (new ed.) II. viii. 148 It will readily occur to the antiquary, that these verses are intended to imitate the antique poetry of the Scalds.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. 267 The inspiration of the scald comes upon him.

β. 1780 tr. U. von Troil Lett. on Iceland 198 In ancient times there was no king, or any other man of note, who had not his own skald or poet.1818 E. Henderson Iceland II. 356 Before taking the field of battle, it was the office of the Skald to compose a poem suited to the occasion.1886 Athenæum 24 Apr. 551/2 The skill with which the author has reproduced..the alliterative verse of the Skalds.

Derivatives

ˈskaldship n. the office of skald.

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skaldship1879

1879 E. Gosse Stud. Lit. N. Europe 117 There was no young man so fit to be considered heir-apparent of the skaldship as Runeberg.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skald
释义	skaldn. Brit. /skɔːld/, /skald/, U.S. /skɔld/, /skɑld/ Forms: Also 1700s scalld, 1700s– scald. Etymology: < Old Norse and Icelandic skáld neuter, occurring as early as the 9th cent.; no satisfactory etymology has yet been proposed. Hence also modern Norwegian and Swedish skald, Danish (incorrectly) skjald, †sk(i)alder, sk(i)aldre. An ancient Scandinavian poet. Also sometimes in general use, a poet. Usually applied to Norwegian and Icelandic poets of the Viking period and down to c1250, but often without any clear idea as to their function and the character of their work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by period > [noun] > skald scalder1763 skald1763 α. 1763 T. Percy Five Pieces Runic Poetry Pref. sig. A 5^v It was the constant study of the northern Scalds to lift their poetic style as much as possible above that of their prose. 1763 T. Percy Five Pieces Runic Poetry 49 The Ransome of Egill the Scald. 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. 60 It is supposed, that Rollo carried with him many scalds from the north. 1830 W. Scott Ivanhoe (new ed.) II. viii. 148 It will readily occur to the antiquary, that these verses are intended to imitate the antique poetry of the Scalds. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. 267 The inspiration of the scald comes upon him. β. 1780 tr. U. von Troil Lett. on Iceland 198 In ancient times there was no king, or any other man of note, who had not his own skald or poet.1818 E. Henderson Iceland II. 356 Before taking the field of battle, it was the office of the Skald to compose a poem suited to the occasion.1886 Athenæum 24 Apr. 551/2 The skill with which the author has reproduced..the alliterative verse of the Skalds. Derivatives ˈskaldship n. the office of skald. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by period > [noun] > skald > position of skaldship1879 1879 E. Gosse Stud. Lit. N. Europe 117 There was no young man so fit to be considered heir-apparent of the skaldship as Runeberg. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763
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