sobexo

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobejo, ultimately a term derived from Latin super. Compare Portuguese sobejo, Old Spanish sobejo, Italian soverchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈβeʃo̝/

Noun

sobexo m (plural sobexos)

1. surplus, excess
   • 1347, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 280:

     It. mando que todas las doas que eu ouuer a o tempo de miña morte assy adubos de panos como yrilandas [grilandas] e relicas [pelicas] e cintas e outras qualesquer doas que eu aia e sse pola uentura estouuere delas ou todas en penora mando que sse tiren e sse den a o prior ffrey Johan nunes con todos los panos de uestir que ouver e teuer a tempo de miña morte e el que faça por todo hun calez de prata e hunha boa uestimenta para a dita capela de ssan Jurgio e sse y mays montar o ssobeyo que ficar mando a o dito prior que me faça con el diser misas de Requiem por miña alma

     Item: I order that every trinket that I have at the time of my death, clothing ornaments as well as garlands, pelts, ribbons, and any other trinket that I may have -and in case that they were pawned I command that they should be redeemed- they should give them to the prior, the friar Johan Nunes, with all of the clothes that I have at the time of my dead; and that he must do, with all of these, a silver chalice and a good vestment for said chapel of Saint George; and if the left surplus is larger, then I order said prior to use it to say requiem masses for my soul

Adjective

sobexo (feminine sobexa, masculine plural sobexos, feminine plural sobexas)

1. (archaic) excessive

Derived terms

• sobexamente
• sobexar

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sobejo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “sobejo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “sobexo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sobexo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sobexar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.