All 14 Uses of
bard
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- 'To Miss Hermione Jean Granger, I leave my copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in the hope that she will find it entertaining and instructive.'†
Chpt 7
- Everyone exclaimed over the Deluminator and The Tales of Beedle the Bard and lamented the fact that Scrimgeour had refused to pass on the sword, but none of them could offer any suggestion as to why Dumbledore would have left Harry an old Snitch.†
Chpt 7
- "Well, exactly," said Hermione, now flicking through The Tales of Beedle the Bard.†
Chpt 7
- Said Hermione, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard … I've never even heard of them!†
Chpt 7
- You've never heard of The Tales of Beedle the Bard?
Chpt 7 *bard = lyric poet
- Restless and irritable, Ron had developed an annoying habit of playing with the Deluminator in his pocket; This particularly infuriated Hermione, who was whiling away the wait for Kreacher by studying The Tales of Beedle the Bard and did not ap-preciate the way the lights kept flashing on and off.†
Chpt 11
- She was curled up in one of the sagging armchairs with The Tales of Beedle the Bard.†
Chpt 16
- She leaned forward and held out The Tales of Beedle the Bard.†
Chpt 16
- She took a deep breath, as though bracing herself, and said, "It's that mark, the mark in Beedle the Bard.†
Chpt 20
- For a moment he had no idea what she was talking about, but, looking more closely with the aid of his lit wand, he saw that Dumbledore had replaced the A of Albus with a tiny version of the same triangular mark inscribed upon The Tales of Beedle the Bard.†
Chpt 20
- Dumbledore left me The Tales of Beedle the Bard, how do you know we're not supposed to find out about the sign?†
Chpt 20
- And she pulled out The Tales of Beedle the Bard from the small, beaded bag.†
Chpt 21
- But according to Beedle the Bard, they wouldn't want to come back, would they?" said Harry, thinking about the tail they had just heard.†
Chpt 21
- Nobody could have told him The Tales of Beedle the Bard when he was a child, any more than Harry had heard them.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(bard as in: written by the bard) someone who composes and recites or sings poems about important events and people; or (as a proper noun) Shakespeareeditor's notes: Shakespeare is sometimes called the Bard of Avon or just the Bard.