vedraño

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Galician

Vedraño

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin veterānus, from Latin vetus (old).

Pronunciation

Noun

vedraño m (plural vedraños)

  1. (archaic) elder, old man
    • 1252, José Ignacio Fernández de Viana & Mª Teresa González & Juan Carlos De Pablos (eds.), "El Tumbo de Caaveiro. 1ª Parte. | 2ª Parte", in Cátedra (Revista eumesa de estudios), 3, 4:
      E enquereron a verdade en omes boos e vedraos
      And they inquired the truth among good men and elders

Adjective

vedraño (feminine vedra, masculine plural vedraños, feminine plural vedras)

  1. (literary) ancient, old
    • 1473, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 32:
      aquel meu parente ou parenta de terra de lugo e val de quiroga que ao tenpo for erdeiro de aquel paazo vedraño de lousada
      that relative, man or woman, from the lands of Lugo and Valley of Quiroga that at that time was inheritor of that ancient palace of Lousada

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