Plural of cithren; multiple stringed instruments using the variant spelling of cithern.
The plural form of cithren, created by adding the standard '-s' suffix to the singular noun.
When you see plural forms like 'cithrens' in old manuscripts, you're actually seeing the plural of an already-variant spelling, which creates layers of linguistic confusion that make old musical texts challenging for scholars to parse with certainty.
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