estremonía

Galician

Alternative forms

• estramonía

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese estremonia, from Old Galician-Portuguese astronomia (“astronomy”), from Latin astronomia, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομία (astronomía), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).

Noun

estremonía f (plural estremonías)

1. (frequently in the plural) mischief
   • 1775, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Eu non pensei, meu Farruco:

     Eu non pensei, meu Farruco,
     polo que bos xa sabes,
     chegar a este Sn Andres,
     nin oir mais outro cuco:
     cobrar, quixo o seu trabuco
     de min coas suas gadañas
     a morte, mais aunque estrañas
     boltas medou polas gorxas,
     gardeime das malas mañas,
     saquei os pes dàs alforxas.
     
     Nas suas estramonias,
     quixen ò corpo furtarlle,
     por non morrerme sin darlle,
     ào meu Patron os seus días:
     entre as miñas agonias
     aunque chorava os meus danos,
     decia entre desengaños
     mais que eu morra, pois queres,
     señor, pero ao meu Andres
     gardaimo por moitos anos
     
     

     I didn't believe, my Frank,
     because of what you already know,
     that I would arrive to this St. Andrew
     of that I would ever hear a cuckoo again;
     she wanted to collect her tax
     out of me with her scythe,
     the Death, but although strange
     turnarounds she made on my throat
     I guarded against bad trickeries
     I took my feet out of the saddlebags.
     
     In her mischiefs,
     I wanted to steal my body,
     so I would not die
     before congratulating my patron saint for his day:
     amid my agony
     even although I cried my aches,
     I said between disappointments:
     no matter if I die, since this is your will,
     Lord, but my Andrew,
     guard him for many years.

2. (frequently in the plural) annoying behaviour

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estremonia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estremonia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “astronomya”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estremonía”, 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), “estremonía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estremonía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN