grilanda

Galician

Alternative forms

• grinalda

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese guerlanda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), guirlanda. Probably from Old Occitan guirlanda (compare French guirlande). Compare Portuguese guirlanda and Spanish guirnalda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡriˈlanda̝/

Noun

grilanda f (plural grilandas)

1. garland
2. wreath
   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 254:

     Et hũ dia vyña de mõte Liçeo et vyoa hũ deus que avia nome Pam -et dizẽ os autores que aeste chamauã os gentijs deus das cabras -, et este tragia ẽna cabeça hũa grilanda de pyno

     And a day happened that, as she was coming from Mount Liceo, a god named Pan saw her -and the authors say that he was called by the gentiles god of the goats- and he was wearing a wreath of pine on his head

References

• “grilanda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “landa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “grilanda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “grilanda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.