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skaldship

skaldship noun: the skill of writing Nordic poetry of the Viking Age.

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

Forms of skaldship

alternative formscaldship

Origin of skaldship

From skald + -ship.

Questions about skaldship

What does skaldship mean?
Skaldship means the skill of writing Nordic poetry of the Viking Age.
What part of speech is skaldship?
Skaldship is a noun.

Words near skaldship in the dictionary

  1. skalawag
  2. skalawags
  3. skald
  4. skaldic
  5. skalds
  6. skaldship
  7. skale
  8. skales
  9. Skalice
  10. Skalicky
  11. Skalickys

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