A skald, or skáld (Old Norse: [ˈskald], later [ˈskɒːld]; Icelandic: [ˈskault], meaning "poet") is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry...
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Skáld (stylised as SKÁLD) is a French Nordic folk group formed in 2018. Their songs bear a heavy Norse influence, making use of traditional instruments...
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Wardruna (redirect from Skald (album))
Ragnarok (2016) Skald (2018) Kvitravn (2021) Kvitravn – First Flight of the White Raven (live album, 2022) Neopagan music Heilung Danheim SKÁLD "Wardruna -...
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in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in kennings of Viking Age skalds. The Old Norse name Fárbauti has been translated as 'dangerous striker'...
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Skald in Veum are a Swedish unblack metal band. They have released one extended play, 1260 Days (2015), with Rottweiler Records and SkyBurnBlack Records...
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Weymouth Sands (redirect from Jobber Skald)
York City by Simon and Schuster. It was published in Britain as Jobber Skald in 1935 by John Lane. Weymouth Sands was the third of John Cowper Powys's...
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Cnut (section Cnut's skalds)
the Encomium Emmae, do not mention this. Even so, in a Knútsdrápa by the skald Óttarr svarti, there is a statement that Cnut was "of no great age" when...
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Tigris River and Euphrates River in Mesopotamia, where according to his skald (poet) Þjóðólfr Arnórsson (recounted in the sagas) he participated in the...
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Auðunn illskælda (redirect from Audun Ill-skald)
illskælda (Old Norse "the bad skald") was a 9th-century Norwegian skald. Skáldatal lists him as one of Harald Finehair's skalds. Egils saga Skallagrímssonar...
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Skáld-Helga saga (the saga of poet-Helgi) is a lost Íslendingasaga. The action is set in Iceland, Norway, and Greenland from around 1000 to 1050. The...
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golden shields, as if they were shingles. Snorri quotes a stanza by the skald Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (c. 900). As he continues, Gangleri sees a man in the...
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SCALD, structured computer-aided logic design system Skáld (band), a French Nordic folk group Skald All pages with titles beginning with Scald All pages...
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Sigvatr Þórðarson (redirect from Sighvatr skáld)
Sigvatr Þórðarson or Sighvatr Þórðarson or Sigvat the Skald (995–1045) was an Icelandic skald. He was a court poet to King Olaf II of Norway, as well...
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List of Scandinavian skalds. Aðils konungr (Aðils) Alrekr konungr (Alrekr) Angantýr Arngrímsson (Angantýr) Angantýr Heiðreksson (AngH) Arnfinnr's daughter...
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similarity of their tubers to hands.: 49–50 Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, a Norwegian skald of the late 9th–early 10th century AD cited in Ynglinga tal (29), apparently...
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the "strange" phrase "Apples of Hel" used in an 11th-century poem by the skald Thorbiorn Brúnarson. She states this may imply that the apple was thought...
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to survive. Olaf was not present at the child's birth, and his Icelandic skald Sigvatr Þórðarson became his godfather. In a hasty baptism, Sigvatr named...
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A Twist in the Myth (redirect from Skalds and Shadows)
meets Ulysses during his tour of Hell. "Skalds and Shadows" is sung from the point of view of an Old Norse Skald with an allusion towards the Saga of the...
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of Hvinir or Thiodolf; fl. late 9th–early 10th c. AD), was a Norwegian skald, said to have been one of the court-poets of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair...
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"wolf's enemy" is cited as a kenning for Odin as used by the 10th century skald Egill Skallagrímsson. In chapter 9, "feeder of the wolf" is given as a kenning...
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anonymous Eddic poetry, and the Skaldic poetry attributed to a series of skalds, who were court poets who lived in the Viking Age and Middle Ages. The modern...
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scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used...
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Bragi Boddason (category Skalds)
Norse: Bragi hinn gamli) was a Norwegian skald active in the first half of the 9th century, the earliest known skald from whom verses have survived. Portions...
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Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld (redirect from Hallfred Troublesome-Skald)
Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld (Troublesome Poet) (c. 965 – c. 1007) was an Icelandic skald. He is the protagonist of Hallfreðar saga according to which he was the...
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Hälsingland Rune Inscription 21 Hildr Hrólfsdóttir (c. 9th century CE), Norwegian skald known for her poetry concerning the banishment of her father Rolv Nevia...
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Þorleifr jarlsskáld (redirect from Þorleifr skáld)
epithet jarlsskáld or jarlaskáld ("earls'/earl's poet") was an Icelandic skald in the second half of the 10th century. He was one of the court poets of...
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Scrolls Online Jorunn the Skald King Destiny Arach Jalaal 2015 The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited Jorunn the Skald King Lego Jurassic World Dieter...
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Kormákr Ögmundarson (redirect from Kormac the Skald)
Ögmundarson [ˈkʰɔrˌmauːkʏr ˈœɣˌmʏntarˌsɔːn]) was a 10th-century Icelandic skald. He is the protagonist of Kormáks saga which preserves a significant amount...
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Sagas of Icelanders; in the short story "Sörla þáttr"; in the poetry of skalds; and into the modern age in Scandinavian folklore. Scholars have debated...
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Skáld-Helga rímur ('the rímur of Poet-Helgi', also Skáldhelga rímur or Skáldhelgarímur) is an Icelandic rímur-poem from the 1400s. The poem comprises...
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