torrient

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈrjent/

Noun

torrient f (plural torrientes)

1. Apocopic form of torriente; stream, brook; streambed
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 47r:

     Lidio dd̃ cõ el philiſteo epriſo dd̃ .v. piedras. dela torrient. emetiolas en ſue talega epuſola una enla fonda e diol enla fruente ematol. e vino a el etomo el eſpada. de golias. etaiol la cabeça. el eſpada ela cabeça aduxola aieruſalem.

     David fought the Philistine. And David took five stones from the stream and put them in his pouch. And he put one in his sling and struck him in the forehead and killed him. And he approached him and took Goliath's sword and cut off his head. And the sword and the head he brought to Jerusalem.