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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin verēcundia (“shame, awe”), from Latin verēcundus (“feeling shame; worthy or reverence, venerable”).
Pronunciation
Noun
berguença f (usually uncountable)
- regard, respect
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42v:dixo heliſes viuo es el ſennor delos fõſados delant q̃en ẏo eſto q̃ ſi ñ fueſſe por berguẽça de ioſapha nõ cataria ati nj not ueria. agora adozid me .j. cantador epues q̃nt adios cantare ſera ſobrel ppħiſmo del criador.- Elisha said, “The Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not out of regard for Jehoshaphat, I would not look at you nor see you. now bring me a singer.” And so when to God he sings the prophecy of the Creator will be upon him.
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