Synonyms for harp
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hahrp |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɑrp |
Définition of harp
Origin :- Old English hearpe, from Proto-Germanic *kharpon- (cf. Old Saxon harpa "instrument of torture;" Old Norse harpa, Dutch harp, Old High German harpfa, German Harfe "harp"). Late Latin harpa, source of words in some Romanic languages, is a borrowing from Germanic. Meaning "harmonica" is from 1887, short for mouth-harp. The harp seal (1784) is so called for the harp-shaped markings on its back.
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- So he invented or improved the harp, and fixed the rules of verse and song.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- He sat down, back of the harp, and made ready to sweep the strings.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- The bard had come to see whether the stories about the harp were true or not.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- So word was passed for Allan, and presently he came, bringing his harp.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- Orpheus went into the woods one day and took nothing but his harp with him.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
- The Greek harp was played by picking the strings with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- Extract from : « How the Piano Came to Be » by Ellye Howell Glover
- The harp of the minstrel is untruly touched, if his own glory is all that it records.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- The lyre and the harp may be permitted in the town, and the Pan's-pipe in the fields.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- There remain then only the lyre and the harp for use in the city, and the shepherds may have a pipe in the country.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- And, being there, she touched the harp as he played it, and then a low cry came from her lips.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
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