aceiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs. Compare Catalan acer, French acier, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈθejɾo̝/, (western) /aˈsθejɾo̝/

Noun

aceiro m (uncountable)

  1. steel
    • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 186:
      Et tragiã todos arcos torquiys, et luuas de açeyro, et seetas moy agudas.
      And old of them brought Turkish bows, and gloves of steel, and very sharp arrows
    • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:
      Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.
      Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

References

  • açeyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • açeyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • aceiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • aceiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • aceiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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