adeuinança

Old Spanish

Etymology

From adeuinar (“to guess, solve”) +‎ -ança.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adeβiˈnant͡sa/

Noun

adeuinança f (plural adeuinanças)

  1. riddle
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:
      Nõ podierõ adeuinar eſta palabra por .iij. dias. e aldia ſeptimo. dixierõ ala mugier falaga to marido e digat la adeuinança ⁊ tu dila anos. e ſi nõ metremos fuego por toda eſta uilla.
      [Non podieron adevinar esta palabra por tres dias. E al dia septimo, dixieron a la mugier "Falaga to marido e diga-t la adevinança e tu di-la a nos. E si non, metremos fuego por toda esta villa."]
      For three days they could not solve this word. And on the seventh day they said to the wife, “Entice your husband to explain to you the riddle and you tell it to us, otherwise we will set fire to this entire household.”

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: adivinanza
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