asexar

• acexar, axexar

Attested since 1370 (assejar). Either from Vulgar Latin *assediare (“to besiege”) —from Latin obsidium (“siege”)— or from Latin īnsidiārī (“to lurk, to ambush”), under the influence of the synonym aseitar —from Latin assectārī (“to escort”)—.[1] Or alternatively, and given the absence of this word in Portuguese, from Old French assiéger (“to besiege”).[2]

• IPA^(key): /aseˈʃaɾ/

asexar (first-person singular present asexo, first-person singular preterite asexei, past participle asexado)

1. (transitive) to skulk, to lurk, to spy, to stalk
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 461:

     Et andaua asseiando a Éytor, hu veería jeyto ou ora pera o matar.

     He was stalking Hector, trying to find the way or opportunity to kill him

2. (intransitive) to lurk

   Synonyms: agaitar, aseitar, esculcar, espiar, espreitar

   Á porta das venturas asexan as desgrazas

   Misfortunes lurk at the door of the fortunes

• asexo (“spying”)

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