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Skáldi

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2 definitions

1 skáldi

a, m. a poetaster, a nickname given in Icel. to vagrant, extemporising verse-makers; thus in this century Páll skáldi (a vagrant priest and verse-maker); and in the 16th century Bjarni skáldi; the word is never applied to really good poets.

2 skáldi

2. as a nickname, Baut. (on Runic stones).
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

skáldi

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "skáldi" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
Runic
Runic.
sing
singular.

Works & Authors

Baut.
Bautil. (K. II.)
Bjarni
Bjarni Thorarinson.

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