Definitions
Definitions
1 skáld-kona
u, f. a ‘skald-quean,’ a poetess, a nickname of a woman, for which the reason given is this; hann átti Þórhildi skáldkonu, ‘hón var orðgífr mikit ok fór með flimtan,’ she was a ‘word-witch,’ and made libels, Nj. 49.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
skáld-kona
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "skáld-kona" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).