fiir

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fĩir

Etymology

From earlier fĩir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīniō.

Verb

fiir

1. to finish, end; to die

   Synonyms: acabar, finar

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 174:

     Et durou a guerra dessa uez ontre elles bem dous ãnos, fazendosse todauia muyto mal os hũus aos outros, de guisa que, ante que sse aquella contenda fijnse, morrerõ y muytos

     And the war between them lasted that time for two years plus, making in every way a lot of harm the ones to the others, in wise that, before that conflict had ended, many died there

   • 1506, C. de Azevedo Maia, editor, 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 244:

     Et fijndo o dito tenpo das ditas voſas vjdas de vos τ da dita voſa moller...

     And finishing said time of said lives of you and of your wife...

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• fimento
• fincer

Related terms

• finar

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fiir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fi_ir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fijnr”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiid”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fijn”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG