skaldship en · NOUN
Etymology
From skald + -ship.
Meanings
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(historical, uncountable) The skill of writing Nordic poetry of the Viking Age.
In the first centuries of their history, the West and North of Iceland were culturally superior to the other areas; more families that practiced skaldship, the art of poetry, had chosen to settle there.
1983, Richard J. Schrader, God's Handiwork: Images of Women in Early Germanic Literature:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scaldship | alternative | lexicographic |