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Galician
Etymology
From Latin circellus. Cognate with Spanish zarcillo.
Noun
cercelo m (plural cercelos)
- (archaic) earring
- Synonym: brinco
1403, M. M. Graña Cid, editor, Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500): Estudios Mindonienses, page 237:mando aa mina sobrina, filla de Ruy Conde, que mora con Constansa Eanes, hunos çerçelos de coraes et a bolsa que se con elles et huna baraça.- I bequeath my niece, daughter of Roi Conde, who lives with Constanza Eanes, some coral earrings and the bag that is together with them, and a sash
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “çercelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “çerçel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cercelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega