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Meaning of skald | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/skɔːld/

Definitions

A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.

historical

Equivalents

Deutsch Skalde
Español escaldo
Suomi skaldi
Italiano scaldo
Polski skald
Русский скальд

Examples

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

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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