jograr
Old Portuguese
FWOTD – 14 July 2015
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jograr
Etymology
From Latin iocularis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒo.ˈɡɾaɾ/
Noun
jograr m
- minstrel, a non-noble troubadour
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 8 (facsimile):
- Eſta oitaua é como ſ(ant)a maria fez en rocamador decẽder vã cãdea na uiola do iograr q̇ cãtaua entela.
- This eighth (song is about) how in Rocamadour, Holy Mary caused a candle to descend to the fiddle of a minstrel who was singing before Her.
- Eſta oitaua é como ſ(ant)a maria fez en rocamador decẽder vã cãdea na uiola do iograr q̇ cãtaua entela.
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Descendants
- Galician: xograr
See also
- trobador