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Page 741
... Icelandic fidla was a bowed zither ; the Scandinavian talharpa was a bowed lyre . Zithers . Instruments of the zither family , in which the strings lie parallel to and are of the same length as the resonator , are widely distributed in ...
... Icelandic fidla was a bowed zither ; the Scandinavian talharpa was a bowed lyre . Zithers . Instruments of the zither family , in which the strings lie parallel to and are of the same length as the resonator , are widely distributed in ...
Page 846
... Icelandic , and Faer- oese languages . It has been influenced at times by Ger- man , but it has also borrowed some words and syntax from French , English , and Finnish . The written language showed the influence of Latin as late as in ...
... Icelandic , and Faer- oese languages . It has been influenced at times by Ger- man , but it has also borrowed some words and syntax from French , English , and Finnish . The written language showed the influence of Latin as late as in ...
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