Old Spanish

Noun

fuerça f (usually uncountable)

1. strength, might, power (physical power)
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20r. a.

     Q̃ saq̃ſt de t̃ra de egypto. con fuerça grãt & cõ mano fuert.

     Whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand.

   • Idem, f. 82v. a.

     e cortol los cabellos e ſperto ſãpſõ e nõ ouo nada de fuerça e priſierõ le los philiſteos

     then she cut his hair and Sampson woke up having no strength, and then the Philistines took him prisoner

Related terms

• fortaleza
• fuerte

Descendants

• Ladino: fuersa (Latin spelling)
• Spanish: fuerza