Thread: What 20th Century Writers do you think will still be read 100 years from now?
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Old 11-12-2009, 05:38 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
(I hope I used the right word, or Tompe will be very upset...)

A skald was a nordic poet/singer/news carrier who wandered from place to place during the middle ages...

I believe there was a French equivalent word starting with a J, but I don't want to embarrass myself mis-spelling it...
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Roughly, a nordic bard.

Skalds were Scandanavian high-court poets.
ah, thanks. in french there are several words for that (including bard), i can think of chantre, počte, and troubadour, but i can't think of any which start with a J... (it's possible i just don't know it though. i'm far from an expert on itinerant minstrels.)
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