Scops asio, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry.. - Photo12-Liszt Collection-Artokoloro

Scops asio, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the most part, to designate oral poets within Old English literature. Very little is known about the mythical scop, and its historical existence is questioned by some scholars., 1700-1880
University of Amsterdam

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Scops asio, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the most part, to designate oral poets within Old English literature. Very little is known about the mythical scop, and its historical existence is questioned by some scholars., 1700-1880
University of Amsterdam

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