anssar
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin ansar, from Latin anser (“goose”), from Old Latin hanser (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans- (“goose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈã.saɾ/
Noun
anssar m
- goose
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 308 (facsimile):
- A primeira foi tã grande […] como dãſſar un g[ra]nd ouo.
- The first was as big […] as a big goose egg.
- A primeira foi tã grande […] como dãſſar un g[ra]nd ouo.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 308 (facsimile):
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