scop

[ skop ]

/ skɒp /

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noun

an Old English bard or poet.

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Origin of scop

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

Words nearby scop

scoop neck, scoosh, scoot, scooter, scoot over, scop, scopa, Scopas, scope, scope out, Scopes

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How to use scop in a sentence

The scop invented and the glee-man recited heroic legends and other tales to our Anglo-Saxon forefathers.
A Bundle of Ballads|Various
The "Scop" or Geeman's song, and others, exhibit similar instances of this confusion of personages and dates.
On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire|Charles Hardwick
No; there was the way Wyman had responded perfectly under scop.
The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth
The reply is that the Old English scop may not have regarded it as a place-name.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers

In "Deor" we have another picture of the Saxon scop, or minstrel, not in glad wandering, but in manly sorrow.
English Literature|William J. Long

British Dictionary definitions for scop

scop

/ (skɒp) /

noun

(in Anglo-Saxon England) a bard or minstrel

Word Origin for scop

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

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