Old Spanish

Noun

aguila f (plural aguilas)

1. eagle
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 62v. a.

     ela ſemblanca de ſus fazes cuemo fazes de omne e fazes de leó adieſtro atodas quatro. e fazes de buey. De ſiniſtro atodas. iiij. e fazes daguila atodas. iiij.

     Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left each the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.

   • Idem, f. 67v. a.

     la primera semeiaua leon e auie alas de aguila ueye que mesauan sus alas e cayen atierra e sobre sos piedes como omne se leuantaua

     The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I saw its wings torn off and fall to the ground so that it stood on its feet like a man.

Descendants

• Spanish: águila