esleer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esleer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin eligo. Doublet of elixir.

Cognate with Old Spanish esleír.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [es.le.ˈeɾ]

Verb

esleer

1. (archaic) to choose, elect

   Synonyms: elixir, escoller

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• “esleer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “esle” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esleer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esleer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.