gittern

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But that hanging up of the gittern--.

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  1. noun A guitar of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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  1. Middle English giterne, from Old French guiterne, from Latin cithara; see cithara.

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  1. Early modern English also ghittern; from Middle English giterne, gyterne, geterne = Middle Dutch ghiterne, ghitterne, from Old French guiterne, guinterne (French guitare, later modern English guitar): see guitar, cittern, cithern, cithara, zither, all various forms of the same word.
  2. Early modern English also ghittern; from Middle English gyternen, from giterne, gittern.
 

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/ˈgɪtərn/
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