Where Does Scolded Come from?

Word History: The Middle English verb scolden, the source of Modern English scold, is derived from the Middle English noun scold, which meant primarily "a person of ribald and abusive speech" and "a shrewish, chiding woman." Scold is probably of Scandinavian origin and akin to Old Icelandic skāld, "poet." Middle ...

What does scolded mean in Old English?

intransitive verb. 1 : to find fault noisily or angrily. 2 obsolete : to quarrel noisily.

When was the word scold first used?

The first records of scold come from about 1150. It was used as both a noun and a verb (as scolden) in Middle English. It ultimately comes from the Old Norse word skald, “author of insulting poems.”