cabdiello

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin capitellum (small head), diminutive of Latin capitulum, from caput (head).

Pronunciation

Noun

cabdiello m (plural cabdiellos)

  1. a military chief or leader
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30r. col. 2.
      E dixieró q ſubra / de láte nos por cabdiello enla / batalla. Dixo nŕo ſénor iuda / ſubra caẏo dare la tŕa en ſu / mano.
      And they said: "Who shall go up before us as our leader in battle?". Our Lord said: "Judah shall go up, for I will hand him the land."

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