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Skald means (historical) A Nordic poet of the Viking Age..
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/skɔːld/ · noun
(historical) A Nordic poet of the Viking Age..
The fire was spreading rapidly through all parts of the castle, when Ulrica, who had first kindled it, appeared on a turret, in the guise of one of the ancient furies, yelling forth a war-song, such as was of yore chaunted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons.
Command Egil the Skald to stand forth and stir our viking blood with his songs of thee.
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Skald means (historical) A Nordic poet of the Viking Age..
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The fire was spreading rapidly through all parts of the castle, when Ulrica, who had first kindled it, appeared on a turret, in the guise of one of the ancient furies, yelling forth a war-song, such as was of yore chaunted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons.
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