baesta

See also: bästa

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin balista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈes.ta/

Noun

baesta f (plural baestas)

  1. crossbow
    • Como un tafur tirou con hũa baeſta hũa seeta cõtra o ceo con ſanna p̈ q̇ pdera. p̃ q̃ cuidaua q̇ firia a deos o.ſ.M̃.
      How a gambler shot, with a crossbow, a bolt at the sky, wrathful because he had lost. Because he wanted it to wound God or Holy Mary.

Descendants

  • Galician: bésta
  • Portuguese: besta
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