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.)