סדילה

Mozarabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِيد (sīd, “prince, lord”) +‎ Latin -ellus (diminutive ending). Corresponds to Old Spanish Cidello (also found as Cidiello), the sobriquet of Yosef ibn Ferrusiel.[1]

Proper noun

סדילה (sdylh) m

  1. (a nickname; literally 'little prince')
    • c. 1100, Kharja H3, section 1:
      דש כנד מו סדילה בניד
      dš knd mw sdylh bnyd
      Ever since my Cidello has been coming
      (literally, “Since when my Cidello comes”)

References
  1. Stern, Samuel Miklos. 1953. Les chansons mozarabes. Palermo. Reprinted Oxford 1964. Page 3.
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