ensamne

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exāmine, from Latin exāmen (“swarm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈsamne/

Noun

ensamne m (plural ensamnes)

1. swarm, hive, beehive
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:

     […] A cabo de dias tornos por prẽder la ⁊ aplego por ueer o ẏazia el leõ muerto. efallo enel cuerpo del leõ .j. enſãne dabejas e mẏel : crebãtolo cõ ſus manos ⁊ comẏo

     […] After some days he returned to take her, and he approached to see where the dead lion lay. And he found in the lion's carcass a swarm of bees and honey. So he broke it with his hands and ate.

Descendants

• Spanish: enjambre
  • → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: jambre