Skáld-kona
Old Norse Dictionary - skáld-kona
Meaning of Old Norse word "skáld-kona"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛏ-ᚴᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)