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Asturian
Verb
xuro
- first-person singular present indicative of xurar
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese jur, from Latin jūre, iūre, ablative of iūs, with inflection later altered in Galician and Portuguese, as if a derivative of the verb xurar; compare Portuguese juro.
Pronunciation
Noun
xuro m (plural xuros)
- (finance, usually in the plural) interest
- (finance, usually in the plural) yield
- (now rare, law) right; possession
- 1347, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310), IV. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 207:
que vos et todos vossos sucesores a aiades et poseiades para senpre en juro de herdade- for you and all of your successors to have and own forever as right of heritage
References
- “juro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “jor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “juro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “xuro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “xuro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “xuro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
xuro
- first-person singular present indicative of xurar