"Harp" etymology
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lethargic_manThe word which became "harp" in English, and in related Germanic languages, apparently meant "instrument of torture" in Old Saxon. It seems the Saxons weren't music fans. ;^)
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