baesta
See also: bästa
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin balista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈes.ta/
Noun
baesta f (plural baestas)
- crossbow
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 154 (facsimile):
- Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.
- How a gambler shot, with a crossbow, a bolt at the sky, wrathful because he had lost. Because he wanted it to wound God or Holy Mary.
- Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.
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Related terms
- baesteiro
Descendants
- Galician: bésta
- Portuguese: besta