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

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scop

In his early life Cynewulf was probably a wandering scop of the old pagan kind, delighting in wild nature, in adventure, in the clamor of fighting men.

From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William Joseph Long

He makede fisses in þe se ⁊ fuȝeles in þe lifte. he wit ⁊ waldeð alle þing ⁊ scop alle scefte.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

In "Deor" we have another picture of the Saxon scop, or minstrel, not in glad wandering, but in manly sorrow.

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

“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 Lucy Foster Madison

Thus, he mentioned Hrothgar as one whom he had visited; and if a hearer called for a tale at this point, the scop would recite that part of Beowulf which tells of the monster Grendel.

From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William Joseph Long