beberaxe

Galician

Alternative forms
  • brebaxe

Etymology

From Old French bevrage (“beverage”). Compare Spanish brebaje.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beβeˈɾaʃe̝/

Noun

beberaxe m (plural beberaxes)

  1. (dated) beverage
    Synonym: bebida
  2. potion
    Synonym: apócema
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 363:
      Este puñou de guarir a don Éytor, et lauoulle ben as chagas, et alinpoullas moy ben, et deulle logo hũ beueragẽ per que logo foy gorido.
      This one fought for protecting Hector, and he washed his wounds, and cleaned them very neatly, and them he give him a potion that made him healthy

References
  • “beueragen” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “beuerage” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “beberaxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “beberaxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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