Noun: hearpe
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | hearpe |
| Plural | hearpan |
Genitive
| Singular | hearpan |
| Plural | hearpena |
Dative
| Singular | hearpan |
| Plural | hearpum |
Accusative
| Singular | hearpan |
| Plural | hearpan |
Sample Sentences
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Ne biþ him tō hearpan hyġe, ne tō hringþege, ne tō wīfe wyn, ne tō worulde hyht, ne ymbe ōwiht elles, nefne ymb ȳða ġewealc, ac ā hafað longunge sē þe on lagu fundað. (His mind is not for a harp, nor for a gift of ring, nor for a wife’s mirth, nor for world’s hope, nor about anything else, unless about the rolling of waves, but he always has a longing, the one who rushes onto the sea.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Nouns inflected like hearpe
seohhe,
sneare,
snecce,
safine,
sceppe,
smitte,
smiþþe,
slyppe,
sloppe,
ylfete,
cynewiþþe,
alexandre,
hoppestre,
hennebelle,
gagelle,
gagille,
gagolle,
feldmore,
mynetsmiþþe,
fiþelestre, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Verbs referencing "hearpe"
English Nouns
harp.
Translations