timpana

English

Noun

timpana

1. plural of timpanum

Old English

Alternative forms

• tympana

Etymology

From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, I hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtim.pɑ.nɑ/

Noun

timpana m (nominative plural timpana)

1. 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

Declension of timpana (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	timpanaa	timpanaan
accusative	timpanaan	timpanaan
genitive	timpanaan	timpanaena
dative	timpanaan	timpanaum

Synonyms

• tunnebotm (“cask-bottom”)
• hylsung

Related terms

• timpestere (“timbrel player”)

Descendants

• Middle English: timpan

See also

• bell (“bell”), handbell (“bell”)
• citere (“cithara”)
• fiþele (“fiddle, rebec”)
• hearpe (“harp”), gamenwudu (“play-wood”)
• horn (“horn”), sweġelhorn, blǣdhorn (“trumpet”)
• hwistle (“whistle, flute”)
• organe (“organ”)
• pīpe (“pipe”), *hrēodpīpe (“reed-pipe from 'hrēodpīpere'”)
• saltere (“psaltery”)