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scaldship

scaldship is the alternative form of skaldship.

Meaning of skaldship

Noun

skaldship (uncountable)

  1. (historical) 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

Questions about scaldship

What is scaldship the alternative form of?
Scaldship is the alternative form of skaldship.

Words near scaldship in the dictionary

  1. scaldino
  2. scaldinos
  3. Scaldisian
  4. scaldrum dodge
  5. scalds
  6. scaldship
  7. scaldweed
  8. scale
  9. scale armor
  10. scale armors
  11. scale armour

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