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saltere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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saltere, es; m.
a stringed musical instrument, a psaltery
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  • Saltere sambucus,

    psalterium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 26
      • :
    • 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
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    Se saltere ys án bóc, ðe hé (David) gesette þurh God betwux óðrum bócum on ðære bibliothecan,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 26
      • .
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
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    Hé (the mass-priest)] saltere swá man singþ on Róme

    • , Chart. Th. 430, 11.
Saltere singan to sing psalms taken from the psalter
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    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
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  • 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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Bosworth, Joseph. “saltere.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26323.

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