Hearpian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hearpian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hearpian

p. ode To play on the harp, to harp :-- Hé mihte hearpian ðæt se wudu wagode he could play on the harp so that the wood moved, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 32: Ap. Th. 16, 16. Fægere hé hearpaþ pulcre citharizat, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 31. Ða hwile ðe hé hearpode whilst he played on the harp, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 5. Stefen swǽ hearpara hearpandra in hearpum sínum vocem sicut cytharedorum cytharizantium in cytharis suis, Rtl. 47, 24. hearpian

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