desún

Galician

Etymology

Attested during the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. From Old Galician-Portuguese dessũu (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin de sub ūnum. Cognate with Old Spanish de so uno.

Adverb

desún

1. (archaic) together, jointly, at once
   • 1296, M. Lucas Alvarez, edited by P. P. Lucas Domínguez, San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media, Santiago: Caixa Galicia, page 448:

     hun uosso fillo ou filla que ouuerdes anbus de suun

     a son or daughter of yours that you both could have together

   • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:

     Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento

     for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “desuum”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “desuu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desún”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega