scop
Americannoun
noun
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
Example Sentences
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One of the passages that give us a definite impression of the scop, or minstrel, and his life.
From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various
A greater scop, looking at life through Saxon eyes, sings:— "We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep."
From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
The scop was an originator of poetry, the gleeman more often a mere repeater, although this distinction in the use of the terms was not observed in later times.
From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
Say what is my name, That call so clearly and cleverly imitate 10 The song of the scop, and sing unto men Words full welcome with my wonderful voice.
From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various
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