frolido

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin flōridus, from flōreō + -idus. By surface analysis, frol +‎ -ido.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fɾoˈlido/
    • Rhymes: -ido
    • Hyphenation: fro‧li‧do

    Adjective

    frolido m (plural frolidos, feminine frolida, feminine plural frolidas)

    1. blooming; flowering (having flowers opening)
      • 13th century, Airas Nunes, [cantiga 868]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 868:

        Sol rramo uerde frolido
        Vodas faʒen a meu amigo
        choran olhos da mor

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      • [1390], J. Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 96
        chantarõ suas lanças ante as tẽdas, et en outro dia manãa acharõnas estar frolidas et cõ tona
        they nailed their spears in front of their tents, and the next morning they found them covered with bark and blooming

    Descendants

    • Fala: floríu
    • Galician: florido, frolido, frorido
    • Portuguese: florido

    References

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