Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skald"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scald \Scald\ (sk[a^]ld or sk[add]ld; 277), n. [Icel. sk[=a]ld.]
One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a
reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the
Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic
tribes. [Written also {skald}.]
A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of
battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. --Sir
W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skald \Skald\, n.
See 5th {Scald}.
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