adeuinanciella

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • adeuinançiella (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From adeuinança (“riddle”) +‎ -iella, from adeuinar (“to guess, solve”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adeβinanˈt͡sjeʎa/

Noun

adeuinanciella f (plural adeuinanciellas)

  1. diminutive of adeuinança, a cunning riddle
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:
      Al dia ſeteno dixierõ lo ellos aſãſõ. Q̃ es mas dulce q̃ la miel o q̃l es mas fuerte del leon. dixo ſãpſõ. Si nõ araſſedes cõ mẏ uaq̃ella. nõ ſoltariedes mi adeuinãçiella.
      [Al dia seteno dixieron-lo ellos a Sanson: “Que es mas dulce que la miel, o qual es mas fuerte del leon?” Dixo Sanson: “Si non arassedes con mi vaquiella, non soltariedes mi adevinanciella”.]
      On the seventh day they said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey, or what is stronger than a lion?” Samson said: “Had you not ploughed with my heifer, you would not have solved my little riddle”.
  • adeuinar
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