For the rest Thormod sang a stave of the fiercest Skaldic poetry that was in him; all the army straightway sang it in chorus with fiery mind.
Two skalds of repute made biting lampoons upon Thangbrand, whom Thangbrand, by two opportunities that offered, cut down and did to death because of their skaldic quality.
Skaldskaparmal (a collection of poetic paraphrases, and denominations in Skaldiclanguage without paraphrases).
In the Eddas and in the skaldic lays he has in all nearly two hundred names.
All the Skaldic verses will be found, with translations, in the Corpus Poeticum.
One of the chief features of this artificial or skaldic poetry was this, that nothing should be called by its proper name.
The giant from whom Odin robs the skaldic mead, and whose devoted daughter Gunlad he causes bitter sorrow, is called in Havamal sometimes Fjalar and sometimes Suttung (cp.
Even in the skaldic poetry of the North traces of national pride are clearly discernible, as in Hákonarmál (v.
They figure largely in skaldic poems of the Viking Age (e.
The Skaldic diction, which was polished to an artistic extreme, with its pagan metaphors and similes retained its supremacy over literary form even after the influence of Christianity had revolutionized national thought.
The origin of Skaldic poetry is lost in mythic or prehistoric darkness, but the Skalds of Iceland continued to play a most important part in the literary development of the north as late as the end of the fourteenth century.
Their mythological lore has been transmitted by means of Runes, Skaldic poems, the Eddas, and the Sagas.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "skaldic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
