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souter

Pronunciation: /ˈsɑu̯tər/

“souter” is a Dutch word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. psalter
  2. psaltery

Etymology

From Middle Dutch souter (which existed alongside forms such as psalter and seltre), possibly with L-vocalization from Old Dutch psaltere, psaltare, from Latin psalterium (possibly by way of a Proto-West Germanic *psalterī), ultimately from Ancient Greek ψᾰλτήρῐον (psăltḗrĭon). Alternatively, the Middle Dutch forms with L-vocalization (a regular sound found also in e.g. Middle Dutch sout, from…

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