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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In addition to the scop, who was more or less permanently attached to the royal court or hall of a noble, there was a craft of gleemen who roved from hall to hall.
From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
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 Reuben Post Halleck
When the warriors, after some victorious battle, were feasting at their long tables, the banquet was not complete without the songs of the scop.
From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
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 Reuben Post Halleck
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
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