guedella
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested since the 13th century. Probably from Latin viticula, diminutive of vītis (“vine”), under the influence of a descendant of Proto-Germanic *wiþiz (“cord, rope, thong”). Cognate with Portuguese guedelha and Spanish guedeja.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
guedella f (plural guedellas)
- lock (a tuft or length of hair)
- Synonym: crecha
- 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 660:
- cõ duzentos caualeyros negros com̃o ela et todos trosquiados, senõ senllas guedellas que tragiã ençima das cabeças
- with two hundred knights, black as herself, all of them shaved except for a pair of locks that they brought in the top of their heads
- shag (rough, massed hair)
- Synonym: greña
- (figurative, in the plural) mane
- Synonym: greña
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References edit
- “guedella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “guedel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “guedella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “guedella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “guedella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.