scop

American  

[skop] / skɒp /

noun

1. an Old English bard or poet.

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scop British  

/ skɒp /

noun

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

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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

What were the chief subjects of the songs of the scop?

From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post

Whether the last was added by some monk who saw the allegorical possibilities of the first part, or whether some sea-loving Christian scop wrote both, is uncertain.

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph

What poem reveals the life of the scop or poet?

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph

The scop sings thus of Beowulf's adventure on the North Sea:—   "Swoln were the surges, of storms 'twas the coldest,   Dark grew the night, and northern the wind,   Rattling and roaring, rough were the billows."

From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post

“What likest thou best to hear?” asked he, well pleased, for the scop delighted in his art.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster