Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• ueuo

Noun

hueuo m (plural hueuos)

1. egg
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 22v.

     Et ſu color es aſſi como yema de ueuo. ¬ quando la quebrantá fallan dentro un cuerpo en manera de humidat que ſe pega alas manos.

     And its color is like that of an egg yolk, and when they break it they find inside a certain body, like a dampness that sticks to the hands.

   • Idem, f. 26v.

     Et ſi la mezclaren con hueuo batido ¬ untaren con ella la ferida o la taiadura. faz la ayuntar ¬ ſanar […]

     And if they were to mix it with a whisked egg and spread it over the wound or cut, it would close and heal it […]

Descendants

• Spanish: huevo