açeyro

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • aseyro

Etymology

    Inherited from Late Latin aciārium, from aciēs (“sharp point”) + -ārium. Cognate with Old Spanish azero.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈt͡sejɾo/
    • Rhymes: -ejɾo
    • Hyphenation: a‧çey‧ro

    Noun

    açeyro m (uncountable)

    1. steel
      Synonym: (Old Portuguese) aço
      • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 1, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], Kingdom of Galicia, translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (in Old French), →OCLC, manuscript MSS/10233, page 100:
        […] ⁊ tragiã todos arqͦs torq̃js ⁊ ſaetas fort͡s de açeẏro ⁊ moy ben agudas.
        [ […] e tragian todos arq[uo]s torq[ui]is e saetas fortes de açeyro e moy ben agudas.]
        And all of them brought Turkish bows and strong, very sharp steel arrows.
      • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:
        Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.
        Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Fala: aceiru, adeiru
    • Galician: aceiro
    • Portuguese: aceiro
      • ⇒ Portuguese: aço

    References

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