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
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The kings and nobles often attached to them a scop, or maker of verses.
From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
There was music and merriment mingling together Hrothgar’s scop recalls events in the reign of his lord’s father.
From Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by Lesslie Hall
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 William Joseph Long
We read in Beowulf that in Hrothgar's famous hall— "…ð=aer was hearpan sw=eg, swutol sang scopes." …there was sound of harp Loud the singing of the scop.
From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
We do not know when the first scop sang of Beowulf's exploits; but he probably began before the ancestors of the English came to England.
From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
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