Íll-skælda
Old Norse Dictionary - íll-skælda
Meaning of Old Norse word "íll-skælda"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- íll-skælda
- u, f. a poetaster, Eg., Hkr.; a nickname given to a poet for having stolen the burden of another poem, see Fms. iii. 65.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚᛚ-ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)