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hearpe-nægel

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Grammar
hearpe-nægel, hearp-nægel, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§291; §404;
An instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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  • Hearpnægel

    plectrum,

      Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 96; Wrt. Voc. 43, 27.
  • Apollonius his hearpenægl genam

    Apollonius took his harp-nail,

      Ap. Th.17, 7.
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v.  nægel.
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