a pan pedir

Galician

Attested since the 13th century. Literally, “for bread asking”.

(idiomatic) extremely poor; broke
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 691:
  de moy rricos que ante erã, agora son [tornados] muy pobres et a pã pedir
  from being very rich, that they were, now they have become very poor and broke
(idiomatic) shameful
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 650:
  quantos á en esta çidade, todos serã despreçados et tornados a pam pedir.
  everyone in this city, all of them, will be despised and will become shameful / broke

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pam ped”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pã ped”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pedir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “a pan pedir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poñer a pan pedir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN