froxel
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown: from Old Galician-Portuguese froxel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), perhaps from Catalan fluixel, ultimately from Latin fluxus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
froxel m (plural froxeis)
- (dated) lint; down
- Synonym: penuxe
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 613:
- hũu cabeçal de frouxel
- a down pillow
References edit
- “froxel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “froxel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “froxel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.