aceiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs. Compare Catalan acer, French acier, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθejɾo̝/, (western) /aˈsθejɾo̝/

Noun

aceiro m (uncountable)

1. steel
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 186:

     Et tragiã todos arcos torquiys, et luuas de açeyro, et seetas moy agudas.

     And old of them brought Turkish bows, and gloves of steel, and very sharp arrows

   • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:

     Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.

     Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “açeyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aceiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN