Hi Daniel,

while I'm far from being an expert, I can give you a link which partly confirms what you say about the different meanings of the word in Old Norse and Icelandic:

http://www.northvegr.org/zoega/442.html
(note that wonderful word tréköttr, lit. wooden cat, for mousetrap - wonder if they still use it)

but you'll have to take my word for it that the Concise Icelandic-English
Dictionary by Sverrir Hólmarsson, Cristopher Sanders and John Tucker,
published by Iðunn, a superb dictionary for learners, gives:

trumb/a f. (-u, -ur) drum

Cheers,

Simon

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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"?

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

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