Old Portuguese

Noun

nuve f

1. cloud
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 419 (facsimile):

     […] mais ſei eu que nẽllur / achar nona podedes / quant o breton artur / ca eu a ui na nuue / ſobir eme chamou.

     […] but I know that you can find her nowhere; any more than you can find the Breton Arthur, because I saw her ascending on a cloud and she spoke to me.

Descendants

• Galician: nube
• Portuguese: nuvem