espadeiro
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espadeiro grapes
Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1295 (espadeyro). From espada (“sword”) + -eiro, and Late Latin spatharius (“bodyguard”), from Latin spatha.
Pronunciation
Noun
espadeiro m (plural espadeiros)
- (historical) king's bodyguard, spatharius
- 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 900:
- auya hũ home boo ẽnas Asturas et auia nume don Payo, et ffora espadeyro del rrey Rrodrigo
- there was a good man in Asturias, whose name was Pelagius, who had been bodyguard of king Roderic
- swordmaker
- 1488, M. Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 353:
- G(om)es A(lvar)es sarraleyro e Pero Fernandes espadeyro vesinnos da dita cidade
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- local variety of black grape
- fishing boat specialized in the capture of swordfish
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espadeyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espadeyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espadeiro”, 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), “espadeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espadeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧dei‧ro
Noun
espadeiro m (plural espadeiros, feminine espadeira, feminine plural espadeiras)
- swordsmith (maker of swords)
- swordsman (a person skilled at using swords)
- Synonym: espadachim