1) Ancient Scandinavian poet 2) Bard of old 3) Medieval scandinavian poet 4) Nordic bard 5) Norse bard 6) Norse bard of old 7) Norse bard of yore 8) Old norse poet 9) Old Scandinavian bard 10) Scandinavian bard 11) Scandinavian bard of yore 12) Scandinavian folklore 13) Scandinavian poet 14) Skaldic poetry 1) Bard 
The term skald (or skáld) meaning ‘poet’, is generally used for poets who composed at the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking Age and Middle Ages. Skaldic poetry forms one of two main groupings of Old Norse poetry, the other being the anonymous Eddic poetry. The most prevalent metre of skaldic poetry is dróttkvætt...
ancient Scandinavian bard
• (n.) See 5th Scald.
(from the article `skaldic poetry`) Skalds were identified by name; their poems were descriptive and subjective; their metres were strictly syllabic instead of free and variable; and ...
The Old Norse or Scandinavian equivalent of a bard or court singer. Most of the surviving skaldic po
Skald noun See 5th Scald . 
A Scandinavian bard or minstrel.