HARPA
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u, f. [A. S. hearpe; Engl. harp; O. H. G. harpha; Germ. harfe; Dan. harpe]
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.
COMPDS: hörpuleikr, hörpumaðr, hörpuslagi, hörpuslagr, hörpustokkr, hörpustrengr.
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.
III. the first month of the summer, from the middle of April to the middle of May, is called Harpa.