cercelo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin circellus. Cognate with Spanish zarcillo.

Noun

cercelo m (plural cercelos)

  1. (archaic) earring
    Synonym: brinco
    • 1403, M. M. Graña Cid, editor, Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500): Estudios Mindonienses, page 237:
      mando aa mina sobrina, filla de Ruy Conde, que mora con Constansa Eanes, hunos çerçelos de coraes et a bolsa que se con elles et huna baraça.
      I bequeath my niece, daughter of Roi Conde, who lives with Constanza Eanes, some coral earrings and the bag that is together with them, and a sash

References
  • “çercelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “çerçel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cercelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
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