sirgo da raposa
Galician
editEtymology
editAttested since the 15th century. Literally, “Fox silk/thread”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsirgo da raposa m (plural sirgos da raposa)
- (Botanics) dodder, hellweed (Cuscuta epithymum)
- Synonyms: barbas de raposo, liño do cuco, moudaña
- c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:
- Para matar a fistolla filla o rratano que he o sirgo da rraposa que see nos codesos, saão, et viño, et ponno en hũa olla Noua et leixao tanto cozer sobre llo fogo que se faça del caruõos, et destes caruões faras poo que deitaras na fistolla, et matalla as.
- For killing the fistula, take ratano, that is, the hellweed that is found among the shrubs, salt it, and wine, and put it in a new pot and let it cook on the fire till there are carbons from it, and with these carbons make a powder that you'll apply on the fistula, and you'll kill it
References
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sirgo da rraposa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sirgo da raposa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega