- skáldskapr
- m.1) ‘scaldship’, poetry;2) libel in verse.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
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scoldingly — scold (skōld) v. scold·ed, scold·ing, scolds v. tr. ▸ To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily. v. intr. ▸ To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone. n. ▸ One who persi … Word Histories
scold — [13] Scold was originally a noun, denoting an argumentative or nagging woman – the sort who had a ‘scold’s bridle’ fitted to keep her tongue quiet. It appears to have been borrowed from Old Norse skáld ‘poet’, the semantic link perhaps being the… … Word origins
