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skald

/skæld/

Meanings
noun
A Nordic poet of the Viking Age

Examples :

"1913, Henry Bedford-Jones, Flamehair the Skald: A Tale of the Days of Hardrede, passim."
literature culture history person

Related Words

Illustration passim

passim adverb

/ˈpæsɪm/

Throughout or frequently

"The author discusses the impact of social media on teenagers' self-esteem, a theme that recurs passim throughout the book. "

Illustration age

age noun

/eɪd͡ʒ/

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.

"The dog's age is eight years. "

Illustration of

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

Illustration henry

henry noun

/ˈhɛnri/ /ˈhɛnriː/

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

"The electrical coil in the physics lab has a henry of 5. "

Illustration poet

poet noun

/ˈpəʊɪt/ /ˈpoʊət/

A person who writes poems.

"My favorite poet wrote a beautiful poem about her grandmother's garden. "

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration a

a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

Illustration viking

viking noun

/ˈvaɪkɪŋ/

One of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America.

"The history class learned about how the viking longships sailed across the ocean to raid coastal towns. "

Illustration tale

tale noun

/ˈteɪl/

An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.

"The tale about Sarah winning the science fair was just a rumor; no one actually saw her presentation. "

Illustration jones

jones noun

/dʒoʊnz/

Heroin.

"He lost everything to the jones. "

Illustration nordic

nordic adjective

/ˈnɔː(ɹ).dɪk/

Of or relating to the Nordic countries.

"The furniture store sells minimalist, Nordic-style chairs. "

Illustration days

days noun

/ˈdeɪz/

Any period of 24 hours.

"It takes approximately 365 days for the Earth to orbit the sun. "