peaxe

From Old Galician-Portuguese peage, and already attested in 12th century local Medieval Latin documents as pedagium vel sim; probably from Old French or Old Occitan. Cognate with Spanish peaje or English pedage.

• IPA^(key): /peˈaʃe̝/

peaxe f (plural peaxes)

1. (taxation) pedage; toll
   • 1416, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 3:

     fazemosvos saber que o dito señor rey franqueou et feso exsentos et franquos por seu privellejo a todos los vesiños et moradores desta dita çidade de todos los ditos portadgos et peajes

     we let you know that said Kind our Lord exempted and made exempt and tax-free, by his privilege, all the neighbours and dwellers of this city, of all of said tolls and pedages

2. toll booth

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