lenzó

See also: lenzo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lençoo (13th century), from Latin linteolum. Cognate with Portuguese lençol and Spanish lenzuelo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛnˈθɔ/

Noun

lenzó m (plural lenzós)

  1. (archaic) bedsheet
    • 1258, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 70:
      mãdo mia carne a Sancta Maria de Ferreyra τ mãdo y conmigo un leyto τ j.a cozedra τ un feltro τ j a colcha τ ij. fazeyróóſ τ ij lenzóóſ τ La ſoldoſ para pitãza
      I bequeath my body to Santa María de Ferreira, and I bequeath there with me a bed and a mattress and a felt and a quilt and two pillows and two sheets and fifty solidi for pittance
    Synonyms: lenzo, saba

References

  • lençoo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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