Engliscu hearpe

Engliscu hearpe, seo eac hatte Germaniscu hearpe, is micel plocen and strumen lira þe wæs gepegeald in geardugum on Englum, and more brode, in Germanisc ryhtum of Europan norþwestdæle.

Seo ieldste hearpe gefunden in Englalonde cyþð þonne 450 AD and se mægne nyðra cyþð þa 10þa hund.

Seo Englisce hearpe is seald in manigum forðwurðum and gemæne in Ænglisc gewritum and scopcræft. Þeah þæt, witan be þam seþe onþufen wæs feorr forgyfen oþþe þæm 19um hundtige þan twa hearpan wæren gefunden in cynelicum byrgne gegrafen in suþernum Germanie. Seo eorðangrafung in Suþtunhoge in 1939, and se þære hearpan riht gynglunga in 1970, lædde to þære cyþnisse þæt seo hearpe wæs 'se cyþðig eald Germanisc strenge searobend.'