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Skald

//skɔːld// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Nordic poet of the Viking Age. historical

    "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."

Etymology

From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.

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