orxo

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese orjo (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin hordeum (“barley”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾʃo̝/, /ˈɔɾʃo̝/

orxo m (plural orxos)

1. barley
   • 1331, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 542:

     de quanto centeo e auea e orjo labraren en ese Regengo ha de auer o arcobispo ou seu mayordomo a meadad despois que os labradores tomaren o seu dereito

     of all the rye, oat and barley that they would grow in this crown's possession, the archbishop or his steward must have half of it, after the laborers have taken their parts

   Synonym: cebada

• Orxeira (place name)
• Orxais (place name)
• Orxal (place name)
• Orxás (place name)

• “orjo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “orjo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “orxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “orxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “orxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.