enxeño

Galician

enxeño m (plural enxeños)

siege engine
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 782:
  Conta a estoria que el rrey, estando sobre Jahem, ouue seu consello cõnos omes bõos da oste como nõ tijnã guisado para cercar [a] vila, poys nõ tragiã engenos, et que seria mellor andar pela terra et astragala ca nõ ficar aly
  The story says that the King, being at Jaen, held a meeting with the notables of the army, and as they had no way to besiege the town, since they didn't brought siege engines, that it would be better to raid the land and waste it than to stay there
engine
Synonym: máquina
ingenuity, resourcefulness
Synonym: listura

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “engeño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engeno”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enxeño”, 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), “enxeño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega