huerco – Old Spanish noun declension

Old Spanish noun forms of huerco

Noun: huerco
Gender: m
Singular mhuerco

Sample Sentences

  • era él [...] esclaresçido rey e señor don Juan de Castilla e de León [...] enbiando las sus ánimas a la boca del huerco, conviene a saber del infierno (He was the illuminated king and lord John of Castile and Leon … who sent [Muslims'] souls to the doors of Orcus, by which is meant Hell) [ca. 1439, Juan de Mena, Comentario a la "Coronación del Marqués de Santillana"]
  • ¿e dó huirá el que al huerco deue? (And where can someone who owes the Devil escape to?) [ca. 1305 CE, anonymous, Libro del cavallero Cifar]

Nouns inflected like huerco

sennor, sastre, estrellero, arçobispado, guarnimiento, bezahar, bezerro, ysmael, lenguage, ivierno, culuebro, peligro, culantro, sacerdot, mercader, zebech, blancor, palafre, ponient, poderio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Cognate with Old French ogre (“fierce non-Christian; fairytale man-eating giant”). See: Latin Nouns 'Orcus'.

Verbs referencing "huerco"

French Nouns ogre, Spanish Nouns huerco.

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