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hearpere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hearpere, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§602;
A harper
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  • Hearpere citharedus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 8; Wrt. Voc. 60, 44:

    citharista,

      73, 55.
  • Án hearpere wæs on ðære þeóde ðe Thracia hátte ... ðæs nama wæs Orfeus

    there was a harper in Thrace whose name was Orpheus,

      Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 29: Past. 23; Swt. 175, 7.
Etymology
[Icel. harpari: O. H. Ger. harfere citharedus.]
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  • hearpere, n.