Old Spanish

Noun

martiello m (plural martiellos)

1. hammer
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 44v.

     […] aſſi como el clauo quandol fieren con martiello.

     […] just like a nail when it is struck with a hammer.

   • Idem, f. 52v.

     […] ¬ fizieré daquella plata martiello ¬ raque ¬ firieren con aquel martiello ſobrella en logar do aya aues […]

     […] and should they make from that silver a hammer and anvil and strike it with that hammer where there are birds […]

Descendants

• Spanish: martillo