omagen

Old Portuguese

FWOTD – 10 April 2015

Alternative forms

ymagen
omage

Etymology

From Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oˈmad͡ʒẽ/

Noun

omagen f

an icon (religious painting)
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 34 (facsimile):
  Hṽa omage pintada na rua siya / en tauoa mui bẽ feita de ſanta Maria.
  There was in the street a well-made icon of Holy Mary, painted on wood.
a statue, a religious image
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 256 (facsimile):
  […] hũa omagẽ […] feita de metal de ſanta Mari[a]
  […] an image of Holy Mary made of metal
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):
  Hṽa omagen fremoſa da uirgen ſ(ant)a maria de pedra
  A beautiful stone image of Holy Mary

Descendants

Galician: imaxe
Portuguese: imagem

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