remasaja
Old Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to remander (“to remain”). Compare Old French remasille and Old Occitan remazilha.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]remasaja f (plural remasajas)
- (hapax) rest, remainder, remnants
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 43a:
- e fizo lo aſi qṽndo fueron los uaſos plenos dixo aſo fijo. dam uaſos dixol nõ e mas. este el olio e paga to debdor tuetos fillos beuid delas remaſaias.
- And she did so, [and] when the vessels were full she said to her son, “Give me [more] vessels.” [But] he said, “I have no more.” [Elisha said, “Sell] this oil and pay your creditor, [and] live you and your sons on the remainder.”