oscuridat

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin obscūritās, from obscūrus (dark).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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oscuridat f (usually uncountable)

  1. darkness, dark
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 15r:
      Dixo nr̃o ſẽnor amoẏſen. Tiẽt tu mano alos cielos. ⁊ ſera oſcuridat.
      [Then] Our Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and there will be darkness.”
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24r:
      [] ⁊ non a en ſi ninguna obſcuridat. nin otra coſa quel embargue la color.
      [] And it has within itself no darkness, nor anything else that could obscure its color.
    • Idem, f. 79r.
      Piedra es que deſſeca mucho. ⁊ retiene. ⁊ tuelle la oſcuridat del uiſo.
      A stone that dries and retains a lot, and that removes darkness from eyesight.

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: oscuridad