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hearpe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hearpe, hærpe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§291; §404;
A harp
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  • Hearpe

    cithara,

      Wrt. Voc. 73, 56: Ps. Th. 56, 10.
  • Psalm æfter hærpan sang canticum: ǽr hærpan sang

    psalmus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 34; Som. 62, 57, 58; Wrt. Voc. 28, 37, 38.
  • Ðǽr was hearpan swég

    there was the sound of the harp,

      Beo. Th. 179; B. 89: 4908; B. 2458: 6039; B. 3023: 4517; B. 2262: 4221; B. 2107.
  • Se hearpan ǽrest handum sínum hlyn áwehte

    he first awaked with his hands the sound of the harp,

      Cd. 52; Th. 66, 5; Gen. 1079.
  • Ðonne ðǽr wæs blisse intingan gedémed ðæt hí ealle sceoldan þurh endebyrdnesse be hearpan singan ðonne he geseah ða hearpan him neálǽcean ðonne árás hé

    cum esset lætitiæ causa ut omnes per,ordinem cantare deberent ille ubi adpropinquare sibi citharam cernebat surgebat,

      Bd. 4, 24; S. 597. 6.
  • Ic ðé on sealmfatum singe he hearpan

    psallam tibi in cithara,

      Ps. Th. 70, 20: Exon. 86 b; Th. 325, 1; Víd. 105.
  • Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge ... se ðe on lagu fundaþ

    he has no mind to the harp ... who on the ocean puts forth,

    82 a;
      Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44.
  • Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan feoh þicgan

    one shall at his lord's feet sit with the harp and receive treasure,

    88 a;
      Th. 332, 4; Vy. 80.
  • Sum mid hondum mæg hearpan grétan

    one with his hands can touch the harp,

    79 a;
      Th. 296, 11; Cri; 49: 91 b; Th. 344, 10; Gn. Ex. 171: 17 b; Th. 42, 8; Cri. 669.
Etymology
[Icel. harpa: O. H. Ger. harfa plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara: Ger. harfe.]
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  • hearpe, n.