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Definition of Scaldic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry.
Definition of Scaldic
1. skaldic [adj] - See also: skaldic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaldic
Literary usage of Scaldic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"... and Danish ; he is also supposed to have written the first part of the
Snorra-Edda, entitled "The Gylfa-Ginning," the scaldic songs called " Kanningar ..."
2. Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature by William Paton Ker (1908)
"The scaldic poetry, though later in kind than the poems of Codex Regius, is at
least as old as the tenth century;1 the latest of the epic poems, ..."
3. The Puritan Commonwealth: An Historical Review of the Puritan Government in by Peter Oliver (1856)
"Fail of the Yet, though the Church suffered greatly from the scaldic . . mythology.
ru(]e assaults of the ferocious Danes, her solidity and strength ..."
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