Old English Dictionary Entry

Hearpe-

Part of speech: hearp-nægel, es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 hearpe-

m. An instrument for striking the strings of a harp :-- 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. hearpe,hearpe-

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛠᚱᛈᛖ-

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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