tiniebra

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tenebram, accusative singular of tenebra (darkness, gloom).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tiˈnje.βɾa]

Noun

tiniebra f (plural tiniebras)

  1. darkness
    • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 15r. b.
      & tẽdio moỹſen ſus m / anos & fue tiniebra en toda tŕa / de egipto.
      And so Moses lay his hand and there was darkness over the entire land of Egypt.
    • Idem, f. 71r. b.
      dare ſenales & marauillas en / los cielos. e en las tieras ſan / gre e fumo pauoro / ſo. el ſol tornara tiniebra e la / luna en ſangre […]
      I will give marvellous signs in the heavens; and on earth blood and fearsome smoke. The sun will turn to darkness and the moon to blood […]
    • Idem. f. 75v. a.
      Verna el mio senor dios / e todos los ſt´os con el en ese dia no / ſera luz tiniebra obſcura ſera un / dia.
      My Lord God will come and with him all the saints. On that day there will be no light; there will be only darkness for a day.

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