guedella

Galician

Alternative forms

• gadella

Etymology

Att. 13th century. Probably from Latin viticula, diminutive of vītis (“vine”), under the influence of a descendant of Proto-Germanic *wiþiz (“cord, rope, thong”). Cognate with Portuguese guedelha and Spanish guedeja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈðeʎa̝/

Noun

guedella f (plural guedellas)

1. lock (a tuft or length of hair)
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 660:

     cõ duzentos caualeyros negros com̃o ela et todos trosquiados, senõ senllas guedellas que tragiã ençima das cabeças

     with two hundred knights, black as herself, all of them shaved except for a pair of locks that they brought in the top of their heads

   Synonym: crecha

2. shag (rough, massed hair)

   Synonym: greña

3. (figurative, in the plural) mane

   Synonym: greña

Derived terms

• guedellas
• guedelludo

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “guedel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “guedella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.