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m. A poet :-- 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 unde tragicus exclamat, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 106, 31. Swá Parmenides se sceop geddode, 35, 5; Fox 166, 8. Omerus se góda sceop on his leóþum swíðe herede ðare 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. [Scopes þer sungen, Laym. 30615. O. H. Ger. scof poeta, vates. Cf. (?) Icel. skop railing, mocking.] 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. [Scopes þer sungen, Laym. 30615. O. H. Ger. scof poeta, vates. Cf. (?) Icel. skop railing, mocking.]
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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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