scop

[ skop ]

/ skɒp /

noun

an Old English bard or poet.

Nearby words

scoopful, scoosh, scoot, scoot over, scooter, scop, scopa, scopas, scope, scope out, scopes

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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Examples from the Web for scop

The reply is that the Old English scop may not have regarded it as a place-name.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
In "Deor" we have another picture of the Saxon scop, or minstrel, not in glad wandering, but in manly sorrow.
English Literature|William 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
The "Scop" or Geeman's song, and others, exhibit similar instances of this confusion of personages and dates.
On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire|Charles Hardwick

The scop invented and the glee-man recited heroic legends and other tales to our Anglo-Saxon forefathers.
A Bundle of Ballads|Various

British Dictionary definitions for scop

scop

/ (skɒp) /

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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