scop
[skop]
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noun
an Old English bard or poet.
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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Historical Examples of scop
The reply is that the Old English scop may not have regarded it as a place-name.
BeowulfR. W. Chambers
The scop invented and the glee-man recited heroic legends and other tales to our Anglo-Saxon forefathers.
A Bundle of BalladsVarious
The "Scop" or Geeman's song, and others, exhibit similar instances of this confusion of personages and dates.
On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in LancashireCharles Hardwick
In "Deor" we have another picture of the Saxon scop, or minstrel, not in glad wandering, but in manly sorrow.
English LiteratureWilliam J. Long
First the players pitch from the Hob to the Scop, and the one who gets nearest goes first.
The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol I of II)Alice Bertha Gomme
scop
noun
Word Origin for scop
Old English: related to Old Norse skop, skaup, Old High German scof, scopf poem
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