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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese sorteira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), corresponding to sorte (“fate, fortune”) + eira (feminine occupational suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
sorteira f (plural sorteiras)
- (dated) fortune-teller; sorceress
1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón:¡Basta, basta! Vosté é sorteira, tía Suíña. Ben sabe que esas meiguerías son carocas que Dios condena. Peca quen as usa, e peca moito máis quen as espende.- «Stop, stop! You a sorceress, aunt Suíña. You know well that those witcheries are fantasies that God forbids. Whoever uses them sins, and sins even more whoever deals them.»
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sorteira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sorteira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sorteiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “sorteira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From sorte (“fate, fortune”) + -eiro (feminine occupational suffix). Compare Old Spanish sortero (“soothsayer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sorteira f
- witch, fortuneteller
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- Eſte foi pedir a conſſello a hũa uella Sorteira.
- This sought advice from an old fortuneteller.
Descendants