hymnista

hymnista [LL] , singer of hymns. b writer of hymns. ymnistae [v. l. hymniste] crebro vox articulata resultet / et celsum quatiat clamoso carmine culmen Aldh. CE 3. 48; ymnista Id. VirgP 18 (v. decantare 1a); hic hymnista, ‥ ille qui hymnos canit [MS: imnista ‥ ymnos] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 287; ymnista ‥ ymnisista Ib. 630 (v. hymnus a). b an kympne maker, hympnista CathA.