One of the chief features of this artificial or Skaldic poetry was this, that nothing should be called by its proper name.
"Lectures on The Science of Language"
Max Müller
Each vessel bears a deadly freight; Each Viking, fired with greed and hate, His axe is whetting for the strife, And counting how each Christian life Shall win him fame in Skaldic lays, And in Valhalla endless praise.
"More Bywords"
Charlotte M. Yonge