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 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

Carlos Lazo and SCOP, it was so important.

From Los Angeles 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

Lazo, with the assistance of two other architects — Augusto Pérez Palacio and Raúl Castro — helped turn these into Centro SCOP.

From Los Angeles Times