Skáldi

Old Norse Dictionary - skáldi

Meaning of Old Norse word "skáldi"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word skáldi can mean:skáldi

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

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

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