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1294, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 270:
mandolle tomar essa meda do colmo que y se para cobrir esas casas da Meruca
I order him to take that stack of thatch which is there to cover Meruca's houses
1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:
filla o vinagre ben forte e a greda alva muda et pouco de sal ben mundo, e amasa todo moi ben ata que se faça ende ũa pasta mole, e desta pasta cubri todolos colloos moi ben
take a strong vinegar and ground white clay and a little salt, finely ground, and mix very well everything till it becames a soft paste, and with this paste cover very well the bollocks
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cobrir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 66:
El Huallepén o Guallipén es un animal anfibio muy bravo, fuerte, y huraño , de no más de ochenta centímetros de alto, con cabeza de ternero y cuerpo de oveja. Cubre sorpresivamente a las ovejas y a las vacas, y engendra en ellas hijos de la misma especie de las madres, pero que se señalan por tener torcidas las patas y a veces también el hocico.