Middle English Dictionary Entry
timpe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | timpe n. Also timppe. |
| Etymology | OF tympe |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. timpan n.
1.
A small percussive instrument, a small drum or a tambourine; also in fig. context.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3491 : Seoððen þeos worle wes astolled ne cuðe na mon swa muchel of song..of timpe & of lire.
- a1300(?a1250) Serm.Atte wrastlinge (Trin-C B.1.45)107 : Harde hertis..ne god dredin no vnneþis so weilauuey atte scharpe detþis timppe.