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There are other skalds, or griots, or troubadours devoted to the goings on in the Pembroke (and, later, Powell) home, and when the reruns hit the streamers our world grew.
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Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
The skald led us in song, our voices booming across the placid waters, thundering in our veins.
—Jess Grey, Wired, 16 Oct. 2021
A skald is a Norse poet, so skaldic verses are written by Norse poets, usually a court poet.
—National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2017
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Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
The skald led us in song, our voices booming across the placid waters, thundering in our veins.
—Jess Grey, Wired, 16 Oct. 2021
A skald is a Norse poet, so skaldic verses are written by Norse poets, usually a court poet.
—National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2017
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“Skald.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skald. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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