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1347, M. Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310):
quinze restres de cebolas boas das que ouver en o dito casar de LXVIII cebolas a restre
fifteen plaits of good onions, of the ones produced at that farm, each plait made with 68 onions
c.1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se tome espeso como jngento
for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, kneaded and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cebola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG