beberaxe

Galician

Alternative forms

• brebaxe

Etymology

From Old French bevrage (“beverage”). Compare Spanish brebaje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beβeˈɾaʃe̝/

Noun

beberaxe m (plural beberaxes)

1. (dated) beverage

   Synonym: bebida

2. potion

   Synonym: apócema

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 363:

     Este puñou de guarir a don Éytor, et lauoulle ben as chagas, et alinpoullas moy ben, et deulle logo hũ beueragẽ per que logo foy gorido.

     This one fought for protecting Hector, and he washed his wounds, and cleaned them very neatly, and them he give him a potion that made him healthy

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “beueragen”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “beuerage” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beberaxe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “beberaxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega