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skald


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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}.