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chimbe (s.xii1)
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chimbe (s.xii1)

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chinbe,  chine;  cimbe,  cimble,  cymble;  kyme; 
pl. chims  
  FEW:  cymbalum 2/ii,1611a Gdf:  cymbe 2,410b GdfC: ∅ TL: cimble 2,432 DEAF:  cimbal  DMF:  cymbe 1  TLF: ∅ OED:  chime n.1  / cymphe n.  MED:  chimbe n.  DMLBS:  cymba 3 549c

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musiccymbal: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Loez lui en cymbles bien sonanz  Oxf Ps ANTS 132.150.5
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  harpes, giges e tympanz, […] e cimbes (var. (E: s.xiiim) cimbles) ben sonanz  Anc Test (B) 9600
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  […] un jugleour mendis Qui un singes sivant alot Od unes cimbes qu’il sonot  Dial Greg SATF 2468
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivm )  Cheverie, tube, estume e chimbes Fasoient notes de grant douceour  Blancheflour 29
( 1321 )  lour chinbe fiché de cloues pristerent  YBB Ed II xxvi 197

See also:

cimbale 
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