Lexicographical Neighbors of Skaldship
Literary usage of Skaldship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Saga Library by Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris (1894)
"Sig- vat was not a fast speaker in loose-hung words, but skaldship was so handy
to him, that he rhymed out from the tongue just as if he spoke aught else. ..."
2. Studies in the Literature of Northern Europe by Edmund Gosse (1879)
"Tegner was at the height of his glory; there was no young man so fit to be
considered heir apparent of the skaldship as Runeberg. ..."
3. The Younger Edda: Also Called Snorre's Edda, Or the Prose Edda. An English by Snorri Sturluson (1879)
"And again said ^Eger: Whence originated the art that is called skaldship?
Made answer Brage: The beginning of this was, that the gods had a war with the ..."
4. The Younger Edda: Also Called Snorre's Edda, Or the Prose Edda. An English by Snorri Sturluson (1880)
"And again said ^Eger: Whence originated the art that is called skaldship?
Made answer Brage: The beginning of this was, that the gods had a war with the ..."
5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1831)
"... and sung at public feasts; •and it would have been as derogatory to their
skaldship to make the Jarls of Orkney kill rein-deer in Caithness, ..."
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