scop

American

[skop] / skɒp /

noun

an Old English bard or poet.

scop British

/ skɒp /

noun

(in Anglo-Saxon England) a bard or minstrel

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Etymology

Origin of scop

before 900; learned borrowing (19th century) of Old English scop; cognate with Old Norse skop mocking, Old High German skof derision

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