Skáld-kona

Old Norse Dictionary - skáld-kona

Meaning of Old Norse word "skáld-kona" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

skáld-kona
u, f. a ‘skald-quean,’ a poetess, a nickname of a woman, for which the reason given is this; hann átti Þórhildi skáldkonu, ‘hón var orðgífr mikit ok fór með flimtan,’ she was a ‘word-witch,’ and made libels, Nj. 49.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛏ-ᚴᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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