[ˈlendɐ]
OriginFrom Old Galician-Portuguese leenda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints, originally things to be read”), neuter plural of the future past participle of legō (“I read”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.
- femininelegend (story describing extraordinary events)
“En Galicia contamos cun importante testemuño literario deste asunto na lenda da traslación dos restos do apóstolo Santiago, recollida no libro III do Codex Calixtinus, redactado no século XII.” — In Galicia we have an important literary account on this matter: the legend of the translation of the remains of the apostle Saint James, collected in the third book of the Codex Calixtinus, written d
- femininelegend (person of extraordinary accomplishment)
- femininelegend (an inscription, motto, or title)
- archaic, femininewriting system, script
“c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Glosario. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 652” — And God made so much grace and gave me such an inteligence and [made me] so cunning that I learned aljamiado and all the script of the Moors
Formslendas(plural)
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