bellinno
Old Spanish
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
bellinno m (plural bellinnos)
- henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24v.
- Et ſu uertud ſe mueſtra contra los otros toſſicos. ſi non contra aquellos que naſcen de tierra. por que ſon de natura frios. aſſi como mandragoras. o bellinno, o otras coſas que ſon daquella natura.
- And its virtue is shown against the other poisons, those that sprout from the earth, because they are cold by nature; such as mandrakes, or henbane or other things of that nature.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24v.
Descendants
- Spanish: beleño