adeuinanciella
Old Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- adeuinançiella (alternative spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From adeuinança (“riddle”) + -iella, from adeuinar (“to guess, solve”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adeuinanciella f (plural adeuinanciellas)
- diminutive of adeuinança, a cunning riddle
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:
- Al dia ſeteno dixieró lo ellos aſáſó. Q́ es mas dulce q́ la miel o q́l es mas fuerte del leon. dixo ſápſó. Si nó araſſedes có mẏ uaq́ella. nó ſoltariedes mi adeuináçiella.
- [Al día seteno dixieron lo ellos a Sansón: “Que es mas dulce que la miel, o qual es mas fuerte del león?” Dixo Sansón: “Si no arassedes con mi vaqiella, non soltariedes mi adevinanciella”.]
- On the seventh day they said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey, or what is stronger than a lion?” Samson said: “Had you not ploughed with my heifer, you would not have solved my little riddle”.