vedraño

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Galician

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Vedraño

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin vetrānus, from Latin veterānus, from vetus (old).

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Noun

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vedraño m (plural vedraños)

  1. (archaic) elder, old man
    • 1252, José Ignacio Fernández de Viana & Mª Teresa González & Juan Carlos De Pablos (eds.), "El Tumbo de Caaveiro. 1ª Parte. | 2ª Parte", in Cátedra (Revista eumesa de estudios), 3, 4:
      E enquereron a verdade en omes boos e vedraos
      And they inquired the truth among good men and elders

Adjective

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vedraño (feminine vedraña, masculine plural vedraños, feminine plural vedrañas)

  1. (literary) ancient, old
    • 1473, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 32:
      aquel meu parente ou parenta de terra de lugo e val de quiroga que ao tenpo for erdeiro de aquel paazo vedraño de lousada
      that relative, man or woman, from the lands of Lugo and Valley of Quiroga that at that time was inheritor of that ancient palace of Lousada

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