scop

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scop^¹

/ʃɒp/
/ʃoʊp/
/skɒp/

Rhymes with -ɒp, -oʊp

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Old English sċop.

noun scops

historical A poet or minstrel in Anglo-Saxon England. 1900, Reuben Post Halleck, History of English Literature, quoted in 1927, Thomas Tapper, Percy Goetschius, Essentials in Music History, 2011, Facsimile Edition, page 42, The kings and nobles often attached to them a scop, or maker of verses. […] The banquet was not complete without the songs of the

SCOP^²

noun SCOPs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of seasonal coefficient of performance

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noun A poet or minstrel in Anglo-Saxon England

Русский	бард bard, поэт poet

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"scop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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scop. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scop

Chicago

"scop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scop.

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@misc{scop_2026,
  title = {scop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}