A makar is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as royal court poet, although the term can be more generally applied. The word functions in a manner similar to the Greek term ποιητής (poiētēs) which means both maker and poet. It especially highlights the role of the poet as someone skilled in the crafting or making of controlled, formal poetry with intricate or involved diction and effects.

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  • A makar is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as royal court poet, although the term can be more generally applied. The word functions in a manner similar to the Greek term ποιητής (poiētēs) which means both maker and poet. It especially highlights the role of the poet as someone skilled in the crafting or making of controlled, formal poetry with intricate or involved diction and effects. The term is normally applied to poets writing in Scots although it need not be exclusive to Scottish writers. William Dunbar for instance referred to the English poets Chaucer, Lydgate and Gower as makars. In literary history, the term The Makars is specifically used to refer to a number of poets of fifteenth and sixteenth century Scotland, in particular Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and Gavin Douglas, who wrote a diverse genre of works in Middle Scots in the period of the northern renaissance, a time of transition between medieval and renaissance sensibilities in the kingdom. Qualities in verse especially prized by many of these writers included the combination of skilful artifice with natural diction, concision and "quickness" of expression. One word that expresses these qualities in combination is the Scots term glegness. Some of the Makars, such as Dunbar, also featured an increasing incorporation of Latinate terms into Scots prosody, or aureation, heightening the creative tensions between the ornate and the natural in poetic diction. The Middle Scots plural is makaris.
  • Makar er i skotsk litteratur en poet, skald eller barde, ofte tilknyttet det kongelige slott, vanligvis diktende på skotsk språk. Det skotske ordet makar, tilsvarende engelsk maker = gjører, skaper, refererer til poesi som håndverk, eller kunsten å vite hvordan man dikter poesi. I daglig bruk referer de skotske makar til en mellom-skotsk litterær genre fra slutten av middelalderen. I England blir makar ofte referert til som «de skotske chaucerianere», etter de engelsk dikteren Geoffrey Chaucer. I spesiell bruk i det moderne Skottland er det den skotske makar den skotske nasjonale poet, utpekt av det skotske parlamentet, tilsvarende den engelske poet laureate, den laurbærkronete poet. Siden 2004 har makar vært Edwin Morgan. Det er også en maker spesielt for byen Edinburgh, kjent som «Edinburgh Makar». Den nåværende innehaver av tittelen (2007) er Valerie Gillies. William Dunbar, en tidlig maker, skrev Lament for the Makaris.
  • Makar est un terme de la littérature écossaise qui désigne le poète ou le barde. Bien que le mot ait pris le sens de poète de la cour, il peut être utilisé de manière plus générale. Le mot est proche du grec ποιητής (poiētēs) qui signifie à la fois artisan et poète.
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  • A makar is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as royal court poet, although the term can be more generally applied. The word functions in a manner similar to the Greek term ποιητής (poiētēs) which means both maker and poet. It especially highlights the role of the poet as someone skilled in the crafting or making of controlled, formal poetry with intricate or involved diction and effects.
  • Makar er i skotsk litteratur en poet, skald eller barde, ofte tilknyttet det kongelige slott, vanligvis diktende på skotsk språk. Det skotske ordet makar, tilsvarende engelsk maker = gjører, skaper, refererer til poesi som håndverk, eller kunsten å vite hvordan man dikter poesi. I daglig bruk referer de skotske makar til en mellom-skotsk litterær genre fra slutten av middelalderen. I England blir makar ofte referert til som «de skotske chaucerianere», etter de engelsk dikteren Geoffrey Chaucer.
  • Makar est un terme de la littérature écossaise qui désigne le poète ou le barde. Bien que le mot ait pris le sens de poète de la cour, il peut être utilisé de manière plus générale. Le mot est proche du grec ποιητής (poiētēs) qui signifie à la fois artisan et poète.
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