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Bälgpÿpa (-)

(with) definite article: Bälgpÿpan
(the) bellows pipe
Säckpipa / Säck-pipa

Spelling in Elaus Petri Helsingius, »Synonymorum libellus… [Pamphlet of synonyms]« (Stockholm, 1587); NB: Note the defective orthography in Schmidt.

Sources

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.508 (1587 [➺ Rehnberg: Bälghpijpa]).

Schmidt, Ernst Eugen: "Sein polnisch Duday dises war…": Bildquellen zur Geschichte der Sackpfeife. In: Der Dudelsack in Europa, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Bayerns (1996), p.34 (Bälgpypa [sic]; »Allmo).