skald
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- poet, skald
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną (scold) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skeldʰ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skeldʰ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- skald English
- skaldic English
- skaldship English
- schelten German
- gescheld Dutch, Flemish
- kwijtschelden Dutch, Flemish
- schelden Dutch, Flemish
- scheldpartij Dutch, Flemish
- scheldproza Dutch, Flemish
- scheldwoord Dutch, Flemish
- scheldziek Dutch, Flemish
- *skeldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skeldaną Proto-Germanic
- skald Swedish
- scold(e), scold Middle English
- scolden Middle English
- skjald Danish
- skald Serbo-Croatian
- leikritaskáld Icelandic
- ljóðskáld Icelandic
- skáld Icelandic
- skáldlegur Icelandic
- skáldskapur Icelandic
- schelden Middle Dutch
- skeltan Old High German
- skel Afrikaans
- skald Faroese
- skaldskapur Faroese
- skaldsøga Faroese
- schelten Middle High German
- skeldan Old Dutch
- skald Slovak
- skelda Old Frisian