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scop
[ skop ]
/ skÉ’p /
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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
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scop
/ (skÉ’p) /
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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