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Old Spanish
Etymology
An alteration of Late Latin pȳthōnissa, feminine form of Latin pȳthon (“oracle, soothsayer”), from Ancient Greek Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho; Delphi”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fidenisa f (plural fidenisas)
- soothsayer, sorceress
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:& fue demãdar cõſeio auna mugier ſortera q̃ era en edom aqui uino el reẏ ſaul de mandar ɔſeio ala fideniſa ſta mugier ouo mẏedo al reẏ e dixo q̃ nõ faria. Jvro ſaul e dixo biuo es el criador q̃ non uerna nĩgun mal atẏ por eſta coſa.- Here king Saul came to seek counsel from the soothsayer And he went to seek counsel from a soothsayer that lived in Edom. this woman was afraid of the king, and she said she would not do . Saul swore and said, “Living is the Creator, that no harm shall come to you for this thing.”
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