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Yes. The word skald is a Scrabble US word. The word skald is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

SKALD,

4-letter words (3 found)

DAKS,DALS,LADS,

3-letter words (12 found)

ADS,ALS,ASK,DAK,DAL,DAS,KAS,LAD,LAS,SAD,SAL,SKA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AD,AL,AS,DA,KA,LA,

You can make 22 words from skald according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of skald

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Definitions and meaning of skald

skald

Alternative forms

  • scald

Etymology

From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɔːld/, /skæld/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːld, -æld
  • Homophone: scald

Noun

skald (plural skalds)

  1. (historical) A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.

Derived terms

  • skaldic

Translations

Anagrams

  • dalks

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skalt/

Noun

skald n (genitive singular skalds, plural skald or skøld)

  1. poet, composer

Declension

Hyponyms

  • tónaskald

Related terms

  • skaldanavn, skaldaverk, skaldkona, skaldskapur, skaldsøga

Further reading

  • "skald" at Sprotin.fo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse skald, skáld.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɑld/

Noun

skald m (definite singular skalden, indefinite plural skaldar, definite plural skaldane)

  1. (historical) a skald

References

  • “skald” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “skald”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • skáld

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeldʰ-. Compare German schelten and Dutch schelden.

Noun

skald n

  1. poet, skald

Declension

Derived terms

  • hǫfuðskald (“chief skalds”)
  • Skaldatal (“traditional list of skalds and the kings they served”)
  • skaldmær (“skald-maiden, poetess”)
  • skaldskapr (“skaldship; poetry”)
  • skaldstǫng (“a “skald-pole”; pagan ritual object”)

Related terms

  • skeldinn (“versed in poetry”)

Descendants

References

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse skald.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skalt/
  • Rhymes: -alt
  • Syllabification: skald

Noun

skald m pers

  1. (historical) skald (Nordic poet)
    Hypernyms: poeta, śpiewak

Declension

Further reading

  • skald in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • skȁlda m or f

Etymology

From Old Norse skald.

Pronunciation

  • (skȁld) IPA(key): /skâld/
  • (skȃld) IPA(key): /skâːld/

Noun

skȁld m (Cyrillic spelling ска̏лд) or skȃld m (Cyrillic spelling ска̑лд)

  1. skald

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse skald.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaɫt/

Noun

skald m anim (genitive singular skalda, nominative plural skaldi, skaldovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. skald

Declension

Derived terms

  • skaldský
  • skaldický

References

  • “skald”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse skald. The inherited form would be *skåll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skald/
  • Rhymes: -ald

Noun

skald c

  1. (historical) skald
  2. (higher register) poet
    Synonym: poet

Declension

Derived terms

  • nationalskald (“national poet”)

References

  • skald in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • skald in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • skald in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org