heree

Galician

Alternative forms

• eree

Etymology

Attested till the 16th century. From Latin heres (“heir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈɾɛ/

Noun

heree m (plural herees)

1. (archaic) heir

   Synonym: herdeiro

   • 1407, A. Fernández Salgado, editor, A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 55:

     Jten faço por mjña heree vnjversal en todos meus bẽes móueles e rraýzes a mjña filla Catalyna, que ey da dita mjña moller Costança Peres

     Item, I make my universal heir, in all of my goods, real and personal, my daughter Catalina, who I have of my wife Constanza Pérez

Related terms

• herdade
• herdanza
• herdar
• herdeiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “heree”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “eree”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “heree”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega