quaraesma

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin quadrāgēsima.

Pronunciation

Noun

quaraesma f (plural quaraesmas)

  1. Lent
    • 1257 CE
      ...et eu Dōa Maria Perez por todo isto que me fazem de Subrado et da grana de Carualo turto dou in presente toda mina herdade dArmea cum seus terminos et cum quanto a essa herdade perteneze assí como de suso dito é, et cada ano unos bóós mantééns de VIIIj. uaras enlongo et de v. palmos en ancho parao refertoẏro da grana, et en ᴀuento et en quaraesma deue ele ááuer pixotas et sardinas assí como comer cada um frade e Carualo torto...

Descendants

  • Galician: coresma
  • Portuguese: quaresma

References

  • Salazar, Andrés Martínez. 1911. Documents gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI. La Coruña. Page 26.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quadrāgēsima.

Pronunciation

Noun

quaraesma f (usually uncountable)

  1. Lent
    • mid–late 13th c., Siete Partidas, I.V.XIII
      ...et las primeras, que son de verano, comienzan en el segundo miercoles de quaraesma, et las segundas, que son del estivo, comienzan en el primero miercoles despues de cinquaesma...
      ...and the first , which are in spring, begin on the second Wednesday of Lent, while the second , which are in summer, begin on the first Wednesday after Pentecost...

Descendants

References

  • Craddock, Jerry R. 1985. The tens from 40 to 90 in Old Castilian: A new approach. Romance Philology 38 (4). Page 425.