skáldskaparmál (ON) noun

The speech used for creating poetic (skaldic) verse. Associated with defamatory poetry in the Icelandic laws.


language of poetry OIce Grg Misc 237
slander in verse form OIce Mah 26 Refs:

CV s.v. skáldskaparmál; Fritzner s.v. skáldskaparmál; Hertzberg s.v. skáldskaparmál; LexMA s.v. Skald, Skaldendichtung

Citation
  • ‘skáldskaparmál’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4670
    (05/07/2024)