Old Spanish

Noun

bezahar m (plural bezahares)

1. bezoar
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24r.

     Es ſu color amariella ¬ por eſſol dizen el bezahar amariello.

     Its color is yellow, which is why they call it the yellow bezoar.

   • Idem, f. 31r.

     […] eſta no mueſtra ninguna uertud cótral danno de los toſſicos; aſſi como el bezahar lo faze.

     […] this one does not exhibit virtues against the damage of poisons, unlike the bezoar, which does.

Descendants

• Spanish: bezaar