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colmẽa
colmẽa
Old Portuguese
Noun
colmẽa f
- beehive
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 128 (facsimile):
- Eſta e do corpo de n[oſtr]o ſennor / que un uilão metera en hũa / ſa colmẽa […]
- This one is (about) the body of our Lord, which a peasant placed in one of his beehives […]
- Eſta e do corpo de n[oſtr]o ſennor / que un uilão metera en hũa / ſa colmẽa […]
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 128 (facsimile):
Descendants
- Fala: colmea
- Galician: colmea
- Portuguese: colmeia