jograr

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 14 July 2015

jograr

Etymology

From Latin iocularis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒo.ˈɡɾaɾ/

Noun

jograr m (plural jogrars)

1. minstrel, a non-noble troubadour
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 8 (facsimile):

     Eſta oitaua é como ſ(ant)a maria fez en rocamador decẽder vã cãdea na uiola do iograr q̇ cãtaua entela.

     This eighth (song is about) how in Rocamadour, Holy Mary caused a candle to descend to the fiddle of a minstrel who was singing before Her.

Descendants

• Galician: xograr

See also

• trobador