bisarma

bisarma

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1350. From Old French guisarme, from a Germanic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈsaɾmɐ]

Noun

bisarma m (plural bisarmas)

1. gisarme
   • c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 121:

     garneçerõ moy bẽ os bornos das naues de azcũas et de elmos et de escudos et de lanças et de dardos et de fachas et de balestas et de bisarmas et de espadas

     they garnished splendidly the ships' gunwales with javelins and helms and shields and spears and darts and battle-axes and crossbows and gisarmes and swords

2. a polearm: kind of long shafted sickle with a back hook which was still in use during the early 20th century among the Galician peasants

   Synonyms: cardeña, foucegata

References

• “bisarma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “bisarma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bisarma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bisarma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bisarma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.