aramne

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾamne/

Noun

aramne m (usually uncountable)

  1. bronze
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63r. a:
      e uj vn om̃e en ſu catar cuemo aramne. e una cuerda de lino en ſue mano e una canna por meſurar.
      [E vi un omne en su catar cuemo aramne. E una cuerda de lino en sue mano e una canna por mesurar.]
      And I saw a man in its gateway [whose appearance was] like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 66r. a.:
      mas ſu rayz dexa. e ligala con fiero e con aramne en la yerba […]
      [Mas su raiz dexa. E liga-la con fiero e con aramne en la yerba […]]
      but leave its root, and bind it with iron and bronze to the grass
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, ff. 66r. b.–66v. a.:
      e ſus mugieres beuiã el uino e loauan a ſos dios de oro e de plata e de aramne e de fiero e de piedra e de madero.
      [E sus mugieres bevían el vino e loavan a sos dios de oro e de plata e de aramne e de fiero e de piedra e de madero.]
      and their wives drank the wine and they worshiped their gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, stone and wood.

Descendants

  • Spanish: alambre (see there for further descendants)

References

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