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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ilicīna, from Latin īlex (“holm oak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
enzina f (plural enzinas)
- holm oak
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v. b.
ally delãt ebrõ. es mõt mãbre. e ouo y grãt arbor. e fue enzina. ala rayz daq̃l arbor estaua abraã.- There, past Hebron, is the hill Mamre, where there was a great holm oak. Abraham was on the root of that tree.
- Idem, f. 2r. a.
q̃ndo eſtaua abraã ſola enzina ẽ mãbre & vio .iij. barones q̃ paſauan por la carrera.- When Abraham was by the holm oak in Mamre he saw three men who were passing nearby.
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