frolido

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• frorido, florido

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin flōridus, from Latin flōreō + -idus. By surface analysis, frol +‎ -ido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾoˈlido/
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: fro‧li‧do

Adjective

frolido m (plural frolidos, feminine frolida, feminine plural frolidas)

1. blooming; flowering (having flowers opening)
   • 13th century, Airas Nunes, [cantiga 868]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 868:

     Sol rramo uerde frolido
     Vodas faʒen a meu amigo
     choran olhos da mor

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • [1390], J. Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 96

     chantarõ suas lanças ante as tẽdas, et en outro dia manãa acharõnas estar frolidas et cõ tona

     they nailed their spears in front of their tents, and the next morning they found them covered with bark and blooming

Descendants

• Fala: floríu
• Galician: florido, frolido, frorido
• Portuguese: florido

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “frolido”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “f@o@id@”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “f[lro[lr][iy]d]”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega