sedeño

See also: Sedeno

Galician

Alternative forms

• sedello

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from seda (“bristle”). Compare Portuguese sedenho, French séton, Old Occitan sedon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈðeɲo̝/

Noun

sedeño m (plural sedeños)

1. (medicine) seton
   • 1409,

     et demays meter ll'as sedenos sooa garganta ende que os homores aian careira para sair fora porllo mouemento das sedas

     even more, you shall insert setons under its throat so that the humors have a way to come out because of the movement of the bristles

2. rope used for fastening a load

   Synonyms: cabestro, adival, trelo, liame

Related terms

• seda

References

• “sedeno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sedeno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “sedeño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sedeño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sedeño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.