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estranno

estranno

Old Spanish

Adjective

estranno m (feminine estranna, masculine plural estrannos, feminine plural extrannas)

  1. strange, peculiar
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 9r.
      Et aun a otra uertud muy eſtranna. que ſi la molieré ¬ la amaſſaren có uino ¬ fizieré della como bellota. ¬ la puſieren en la natura dela mugier, uieda que no enprenne.
      And it has yet another very strange virtue; that if it were to be ground and mixed with wine and shaped like an acorn, and put inside the **** of the woman, it would prevent her from not becoming pregnant.

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