In medieval Gaelic and Welsh society, a bard (Scottish and Irish Gaelic) or bardd (Welsh) was a professional poet, employed to compose elegies for his lord. If the employer failed to pay the proper amount, the bard would then compose a satire (c.f. fili, fáith). In other Indo-European societies, the same function was fulfilled by skalds, rhapsodes, minstrels and scops, among others. A hereditary caste of professional poets in Proto-Indo-European society has been reconstructed by comparison of the position of poets in medieval Ireland and in ancient India in particular.
in medieval gaelic and welsh society a bard (scottish and irish gaelic) or bardd (welsh) was a professional poet employed to compose elegies for his lord if the employer failed to pay the proper amount the bard would then compose a satire (cf fili fáith) in other indo-european societies the same function was fulfilled by skalds rhapsodes minstrels and scops among others a hereditary caste of professional poets in proto-indo-european society has been reconstructed by comparison of the position of poets in medieval ireland and in ancient india in particular