adeuino

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīvīnus (“prophetic”). Influenced by adeuinar (“to guess, solve”). Compare Old French devin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adeˈβino/

Noun

adeuino m (plural adeuinos)

  1. seer, soothsayer, oracle
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:
      Fveſſẽt ſamuel aſu caſa a ramata e nõ vio mas ſamuel a ſaul faſta q̃ ſamuel fue muerto ⁊ planieron le tod iſrɫ e ſotr̃aron le en ramata ſu cibdat. & ſaul tollio los magos alos adeuinos de la tr̃a.
      [Fuesse-nt Samuel a su casa a Ramata e non vio mas Samuel a Saul fasta que Samuel fue muerto. E planieron-le tod Israel e soterraron-le en Ramata, su cibdat. E Saul tollio los magos [e] los adevinos de la tierra.]
      Thence Samuel went to his house in Ramah, and Samuel did not see Saul again before Samuel died. And all of Israel mourned him, and they buried him in Ramah, his city. And Saul removed the necromancers and soothsayers from the land.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Spanish: adivino
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