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saltere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
saltere, es; m.
a stringed musical instrument, a psaltery
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  • Saltere sambucus, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 26 :

    psalterium,

      Ps. Spl. 80, 2 : 107, 2.
  • On saltere syngaþ him

    in psalterio psallite illi,

      32, 2 : 91, 3 : 143, 11 : 150, 3.
  • Cimbalan oððe psalteras oððe strengas ætrínan. Lchdm. iii. 202,

      14.
  • IIa. the book of Psalms :-- Se saltere ys án bóc, ðe hé (David) gesette þurh God betwux óðrum bócum on ðære bibliothecan, Ælfc. T.
      Grn. 7, 26.
  • IIb. a psalter, a service-book containing the book of Psalms divided into certain portions for Matins, and the Hours, so as to be gone through in the course of the week :-- Hé (the mass-priest)] saltere swá man singþ on Róme, Chart. Th. 430, 11. ¶ Saltere singan to sing psalms taken from the psalter :-- Hé gehát gehét. . . ðæt hé ǽghwylce dæge ealne saltere ásunge

    vovit votum quia quotidie psalterium totum decantaret,

      Bd. 3, 27 ; S. 599, 11.
  • Hé ásong ǽlce dæge tuwa his saltere and his mæssan,

      Shrn. 134, 17.
  • Singe eal geférrǽden ætgædere heora saltere ða þrý dagas. Wulfst. 181, 21.
  • Ǽlc bróður singe twegen salteras sealma . . . vi. mæssan oððe . vi. salteras sealma

    each brother shall sing two portions of psalms from the psalter.

      Chart. Th. 614, 7, 11.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. saltari, psaltari psalterium; salzara sambucus: Icel. saltari a psalm-book.]
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v.  psaltere sealten.
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