Scald (skăld or ska̤ld; 277), n. [Icel. skāld.] One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes. [Written also skald.]
A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. Sir W. Scott.