velido

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin *bellitus, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βe.ˈli.do/

Adjective

velido m (plural velidos, feminine velida, feminine plural velidas)

1. beautiful
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 149 (facsimile):

     eu te rogo / ſeñor que me tu leues Deſta carcer eſcura / E que ueia no Ceo a ta face velida.

     Lady, I beg you, please take me out of this dark prison and let me see your beautiful face in Heaven.

Descendants

• Galician: belido