lueñe

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin longē.

Adverb

lueñe

1. far

   Synonym: lexos

   • 1251, anonymous, Calila e Dimna , (ed. by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua and María Jesús Lacarra, 1993, Madrid: Castalia):

     Et a las vezes acaesçe al rey alguna enfermedat que le faze grant mal et non gela tuelle sinon la melezina que le aduzen de lueñe.

     And, sometimes, an illness falls upon the king, doing him much harm, and nothing removes it except the medicine brought to him from far away

Descendants

• lueñe

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lueñe, from Latin longē. Cognate with Portuguese longe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlweɲe/ [ˈlwe.ɲe]
• Rhymes: -eɲe
• Syllabification: lue‧ñe

Adverb

lueñe

1. (obsolete) far

   Synonym: lejos

   • c. 1574, Jerónimo de Urrea, Primera parte del libro del invencible caballero don Clarisel de las Flores :

     Amigo, dezidme si os pluguiere, es lueñe de aquí el Castillo de Filotea?

     My friend, tell me, if it may please you, is the Castle of Filotea far from here?

Adjective

lueñe m or f (masculine and feminine plural lueñes)

1. (obsolete) faraway, distant

Further reading

• “lueñe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28