skálda
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1. u, f. [O. H. G. scalta; mid. H. G. schalte], a pole or staff, whence a flute, pipe; skálda með tönn, a flute made of walrus tusk, D. N. iv. 359.
2. [mid. H. G. schalte], a kind of boat, Edda (Gl.)
II. Skálda, a contr. form of Skáldskapar-mál (List of Authors C.I), but usually applied to the old collection of Philological Treatises affixed to the Edda, (List of Authors H.I.)
2. að, to make verses, but in rather a bad sense.
3. að, [cp. Engl. scall or scald], to rot, fall off, of hair; skáldaðr.