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saltere — … Useful english dictionary
Saltrese — This very rare surname spelling is a variant although possibly a Scandanavian one, of the Olde French Saltere (English Psalter) meaning a player on a stringed instrument of the harp family. The job description was a Norman introduction after the… … Surnames reference
Saulter — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first being an occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century s(e)alt meaning salt . The surname from this source is first recorded towards… … Surnames reference
Sauter — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first being an occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century s(e)alt meaning salt . The surname from this source is first recorded towards… … Surnames reference
Sautter — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first being an occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century s(e)alt meaning salt . The surname from this source is first recorded towards… … Surnames reference
Sawter — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first being an occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century s(e)alt meaning salt . The surname from this source is first recorded towards… … Surnames reference
Psal|ter|y — «SL tuhr ee, tree», noun, plural ter|ies. an ancient musical instrument, played by plucking the strings. ╂[Middle English sautree < Latin psaltērium < Greek psalt stringed instrument < psállein to pluck. Compare Old English saltere and… … Useful english dictionary
psal|ter|y — «SL tuhr ee, tree», noun, plural ter|ies. an ancient musical instrument, played by plucking the strings. ╂[Middle English sautree < Latin psaltērium < Greek psalt stringed instrument < psállein to pluck. Compare Old English saltere and… … Useful english dictionary
Psalter — /sawl teuhr/, n. 1. the Biblical book of Psalms. 2. (sometimes l.c.) a psalmbook. [bef. 900; < LL psalterium the Psalter, L: a psaltery < Gk psaltérion stringed instrument; r. ME sauter ( < AF < LL) and OE saltere ( < LL, as above)] * * * … Universalium
psaltérion — [ psalterjɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1240; psalterium XIIe; lat. psalterium, gr. psaltêrion ♦ Hist. mus. Instrument de musique (cithare) à cordes pincées ou grattées, à caisse de résonance plate, de forme triangulaire ou trapézoïdale. Le psaltérion était en… … Encyclopédie Universelle
