scop

[ skop ]

noun

1. an Old English bard or poet.

scop

/ skɒp /

noun

1. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a bard or minstrel

Word History and Origins

Origin of scop¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of scop¹

Old English: related to Old Norse skop, skaup, Old High German scof, scopf poem

Example Sentences

The scop invented and the glee-man recited heroic legends and other tales to our Anglo-Saxon forefathers.

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The "Scop" or Geeman's song, and others, exhibit similar instances of this confusion of personages and dates.

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No; there was the way Wyman had responded perfectly under scop.

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The reply is that the Old English scop may not have regarded it as a place-name.

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In "Deor" we have another picture of the Saxon scop, or minstrel, not in glad wandering, but in manly sorrow.

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