Definition of Skaldic

1. a. See Scaldic.

Definition of Skaldic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the skalds (Norse poets). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skaldic

1. skald [adj] - See also: skald

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skaldic

skag
skags
skail
skailed
skailing
skails
skain
skains
skaiter
skaiters
skaith
skaithed
skaithing
skaiths
skald
skaldic (current term)
skalds
skaldship
skaldships
skall
skalled
skalling
skalls
skandall
skandalls
skandha
skandhas
skanger
skangers
skank

Literary usage of Skaldic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Eddie poems are anonymous, the skaldic poems are almost always of known ... skaldic poetry was essentially a courtly art; it usually sings the praise of ..."

2. The Home of the Eddic Poems: With Especial Reference to the Helgi-lays by Sophus Bugge (1899)
"THE HELGI-LAYS IN THEIR RELATION TO LATER OLD NORSE skaldic POEMS. P 5. IN many cases it is impossible to say definitely whether special agreement between ..."

3. The Home of the Eddic Poems: With Especial Reference to the Helgi-lays by Sophus Bugge (1899)
"II THE HELGI-LAYS IN THEIR RELATION TO LATER OLD NORSE skaldic POEMS. AN examination of certain later Old Norse poems of the Middle Ages, which betray the ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"In the 13th c,, the skaldic art thoroughly declined, and gave place, in Iceland, to a puerile literature, based upon Biblical stories and saints' legends. ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"In the 13th c., the skaldic art thoroughly declined, and gave place, in Iceland, to a puerile literature, based upon Biblical stories and saints' legends. ..."

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