Harpa
Old Norse Dictionary - harpaMeaning of Old Norse word "harpa" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
harpa Old Norse word can mean:
- harpa
- u, f. [A. S. hearpe; Engl. harp; O. H. G. harpha; Germ. harfe; Dan. harpe]
- harpa
- I. a harp, it occurs as early as Vsp. 34, Akv. 31, Am. 62, Og. 27, BS. i. 155, FmS. vi. 203, vii. 97, SkS. 704.
- harpa
- COMPDS: hörpuleikr, hörpumaðr, hörpuslagi, hörpuslagr, hörpustokkr, hörpustrengr.
- harpa
- II. metaph. a shell; erat hlums vant kvað refr, dró hörpu at ísi, a saying, FmS. vii. 19: whence hörpu-diskr, m. a ‘harp-disk,’ a kind of shell: hörpu-skel, f. a harp-shell, Eg. 769, Eggert Itin.
- harpa
- III. the first month of the summer, from the middle of April to the middle of May, is called Harpa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚱᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Og.
- Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.