timpana
English
editNoun
edittimpana
Anagrams
editOld English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, I hit”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittimpana m (nominative plural timpana)
- a small drum, tabor, timbrel, tabret
- Ic filigde ðē mid timpanum and mid hearpum
- I attended thee with timbrels and with harps
- Hergaþ hine in timpanan
- Herry him on a timbrel
- Plægiend timpanan
- Player of a timbrel
Declension
editDeclension of timpanaa (weak)
Synonyms
editRelated terms
edit- timpestere (“timbrel player”)
Descendants
edit- Middle English: timpan
See also
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