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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese engẽyo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ingenium.
Pronunciation
Noun
enxeño m (plural enxeños)
- siege engine
c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 782:Conta a estoria que el rrey, estando sobre Jahem, ouue seu consello cõnos omes bõos da oste como nõ tijnã guisado para cercar [a] vila, poys nõ tragiã engenos, et que seria mellor andar pela terra et astragala ca nõ ficar aly- The story says that the King, being at Jaen, held a meeting with the notables of the army, and as they had no way to besiege the town, since they didn't brought siege engines, that it would be better to raid the land and waste it than to stay there
- engine
- Synonym: máquina
- ingenuity, resourcefulness
- Synonym: listura
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “engeño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engeno”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enxeño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enxeño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega