estrumento

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnstrūmentum (“instrument, tool”), from īnstruō (“I build, construct”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estɾuˈmento/

Noun

estrumento m (plural estrumentos)

1. musical instrument
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 65v:

     […] agora ſet adobados q́ qualora los eſtrumentos oyerdes echar uos edes e humillar uos edes ala ymagen del oro q́ fiz e ſi non la adorardes ſeredes metudos en el fuego del camino ardient e qual es el dios q́ uos puda enparar de mj mano

     “ […] Now be ready, for at the time you hear the instruments you will prostrate yourselves and humble yourselves before the image of gold I have made. But should you not worship it, you will be cast into the fire of the blazing furnace; and who is the god that can deliver you out of my hand?”