10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANGSPIEL»
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1
The English dialect dictionary
LANGSPIEL, sb. Sc. [la'qspiL] A small harp. Sc. \Vauken langspiel an' \vauken
harp, \VADDELL Ps. (i871) cviii. 2. Sh.I. The sound of the Gue and the Langspiel,
SconPirate (1822) xv; S. 81 Orin] [Norw. dial. langspel, a kind of cithern (AASEN).
] ...
2
Travels from Vienna Through Lower Hungary: With Some Remarks ...
Another instrument, which I have frequently seen in Hungarian cottages,
resembles the Langspiel, described by Sir George Mackenzie in his Travels in
Iceland. It is, however, shorter and thicker, not played with a bow, but with a small
stick, ...
3
A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
A knocking at the door of the mansion, with the sound of the Gue and the
Langspiel, announced, by their tinkling chime, the arrival of fresh revellers." The
Pirate, ii. 40. I si. spil, lusus lyrae ; spil~a, ludere lyra, G. Andr. ; spit, fidium eantus
, spil-a, ...
4
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
A knocking at the door of the mansion, with the sound of the Gue and the
Langspiel, announced, by their tinkling chime, the arrival of fresh revellers." The
Pirate, ii. 40. Isl. spil, lusus lyrae y spil-a, ludere lyra, G. Andr. ; spil, fidium- cantus
, spil-a, ...
5
Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, ...
... was carried back for a moment, 'with a. singular shifting of scene, to the shores
of the Faxé-Fiord in Iceland; where two years before I had unexpectedly caught
the sounds of this very air, played on the chords of the Icelandic langspiel.
6
Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, ...
... was carried back for a moment, with a singular shifting of scene, to the shores
of the Faxé-Fiord in Iceland; where two years before I had unexpectedly caught
the sounds of this very air, played on the chords. of _ the Icelandic langspiel.
7
Waverley Novels: ¬The pirate ; [1]
It was about midnight when a knocking at the door of themansion, with the sound
of the Gue and the Langspiel, announced, by their tinkling chime, the arrival of
fresh revellers, to whom, according to the hospitable custom of the country, the ...
8
The Pirate: In Three Volumes
It was about midnight when a knocking at the door of the mansion, with, the
sound of the Gue and the Langspiel, announced, by their tinkling chime,the
arrival of fresh revellers, to whom, according to the hospitable custom of the
country, the ...
"Ivanhoe" Author of "Waverley" (The, etc), 1822
9
A Steam Voyage down the Danube ... Third edition, with additions
Another favourite instrument in Hungary is the Langspiel, which Sir George
Mackenzie also met with in Iceland. It is about two feet long, and being placed
upon a table, the performer strikes the cords with a stick. Buda, or Ofen, is the
seat of the ...
Michael Joseph QUIN, 1836
10
A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words ...
LANGSYNE,«//r. Loug since, feryueon. — A.S. lontje siththan, diu exinde.
LANGSPIEL,». A species of harp, Shell. Tht Pirate. — Isl. ipil, lusus lyrae; i}>U-<i,
ludere lyra. The word, I find, is Norwegian; Langspel, Uiantjtpel, defiued by
Hallager, ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), 1846
