Heil o:ll!

In one of those contentious debates about the use of drums in the Viking
period on another list, we've been examining words for "drum".
Apparently, "trumba" means "drum" in modern Icelandic, but "trumpet" in
Old Icelandic. Can anyone confirm this, and maybe explain why? Also, are
there any known OI words for "drum"?

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Daniel Bray
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School of Studies in Religion A20
University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

"Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an
unidentified source." Ron Nesen