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scop

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
scop, sceop, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§110;
A poet
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  • Scop liricus, unwurð scop tragicus vel

    comicus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 5, 9.

  • Scop comicus, 291, 25 : ii. 17, 38. Comices, s. est qui comedia scribit, cantator, vel artifex canticorum seculorum, idem satyricus, i. scop,

    joculator, poeta,

      132, 16.

  • Se hǽðena scop

    Pompeius historicus,

      Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 32, 28.

  • Terrentius se mǽra Cartaina scop

    Terentius comicus,

      4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 26.
  • Geríseþ gód scop gumum. Exon. Th. 341, 18 ; Gn. Ex. 128.

  • Scop hwílum sang hádor on Heorote,

      Beo. Th. 997 ; B. 496.
  • Hróðgares scop, 2137 ; B. 1066 : Exon. Th. 379, 21 ; Deór. 36.

  • Sceop oððe leóðwyrhta

    poeta,

      Wrt. Voc. I. 73, 68.

  • Ðes sceop hic poeta, ðises sceopes huius poetae, Ælfc. Gr. 7 ; Zup. 24, 6 : 36 ;

    Zup.

      215, 8.

  • Wítega oððe sceop

    vates,

    10 ;
      Zup. 77, 3.

  • Be ðam wæs singende sum sceop

    ude tragicus exclamat,

      Bt. 30, l Fox 106, 31.

  • Swá Parmenides se sceop geddode,

      35, 5 ; Fox 166, 8.

  • Omerus se góda sceop on his leóþum swíðe herede ðære sunnan gecynd,

      41, 1 ; Fox 244, 4.

  • Ðǽr wæs hearpan swég, swutol sang scopes,

      Beo. Th. 180 ; B. 90.

  • Omerus wæs ðæm mǽran sceope

    (Virgil)

    magistra betst.
      Met. 30, 4.

  • Gecuron him ánne scop tó cyninge ... se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian,

      Ors. 1, 14 ; Swt. 56, 29.

  • Unweorþe scopas tragedi vel

    comedi,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 39.

  • Scopas lyrici, ii. 54, 9 :

    vates.

      Hymn. Surt. 119, 18.

  • Fram ðisum sceopum ic gehýrde leóþ,

      Ælfc. Gr. 7 ; Zup. 24, 2.
Etymology
[Scopes þer sungen, Laym. 30615. O. H. Ger. scof poeta, vates. Cf. (?) Icel. skop railing, mocking.]
Similar entries
v. ǽfen-, ealu-, sealm-scop.
Linked entries
v.  sceop.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “scop.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26967.

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