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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
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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