scop

[ skop ]

noun

1. an Old English bard or poet.

scop

/ skɒp /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of scop¹

before 900; learned borrowing (19th century) of Old English scop; cognate with Old Norse skop mocking, Old High German skof derision

Word History and Origins

Origin of scop¹

Old English: related to Old Norse skop, skaup, Old High German scof, scopf poem

Example Sentences

Today, it is still prescribed as a patch to be worn behind the ear as Transderm Scop.

From Seattle Times

When asked how the government might finance an architectural project of this scale, Jiménez suggested the possibility of a 0.5% optional surcharge on other infrastructural projects that could go toward rejuvenating SCOP.

From Los Angeles Times

“Those murals belong to the people,” says Ariosto Otero, who helped establish En Defensa del Patrimonio del Centro SCOP, a preservation group consisting of artists, intellectuals and preservationists.

From Los Angeles Times

When the late Mexican architect Carlos Lazo began planning work on the behemoth Mexico City headquarters for the country’s Ministry of Communications and Public Works in the early 1950s, he told the artists creating murals for its exterior to be guided by one principle: The Centro SCOP, as the complex is known in Spanish, should be “a work that lasts.”

From Los Angeles Times

The first hit landed on Sept. 19, 1985, when an 8.0 magnitude quake tore through Mexico City, resulting in the total destruction of the top three floors of one of the Centro SCOP’s principal buildings — floors that were never replaced.

From Los Angeles Times