Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old French bevrage (beverage). Compare Spanish brebaje.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

beberaxe m (plural beberaxes)

  1. (dated) beverage
    Synonym: bebida
  2. potion
    Synonym: apócema
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 363:
      Este puñou de guarir a don Éytor, et lauoulle ben as chagas, et alinpoullas moy ben, et deulle logo hũ beueragẽ per que logo foy gorido.
      This one fought for protecting Hector, and he washed his wounds, and cleaned them very neatly, and them he give him a potion that made him healthy

References edit

  • beueragen” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • beuerage” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • beberaxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • beberaxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.