Old English · noun
timpana
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈtim.pɑ.nɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈtim · pɑ · nɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- drumtabortabrettimbrel
Meaning
-
a small drum, tabor, timbrel, tabret
Ic filigde ðē mid timpanum and mid hearpum
I attended thee with timbrels and with harps
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, to hit”).
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