ensullo

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Late Latin īnsubulum, from Latin īnsuō (I sew up).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ensullo m (plural ensullos)

  1. weaver's beam, warp beam
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 47r:
      é golias era armado ſobre ſo cauallo eſt philiſteo auie de alto .vj. cobdos eun palmo. e auia el ẏelmo de azero. ela loriga peſaua .v. mil libras. e el aſta de ſue mano era tan grueſſa cuemo el enſullo del texedor el fierro peſaua .dc. peſas.
      And Goliath was armed on his horse. This Philistine was six cubits and a span in height, and he had a bronze helmet, and his coat of mail weighed five thousand shekels, and the shaft in his hand was as thick as a weaver's beam; the iron [point] weighed six hundred shekels.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: ensullo, enjullo

Spanish

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Noun

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ensullo m (plural ensullos)

  1. Synonym of enjulio

Further reading

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