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Meaning of xeonllo | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
ʃeˈonʎo̝

Definitions

  1. knee
    masculine
  2. Equivalent to 'knee': In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

Equivalents

English knee

Examples

“Johan de Naue, alfayate deſta mééſma villa, eſtãdo en geonloſ preſo cõ hũa cadẽa na gargãta τ húús ferros nos péés, ante Johan Beya, alcayde de Monte Rey por Roy Paez de Bema que o queriã yr juſtiçar τ matar”

Johan de Nave, tailor of this town, being on his knees, prisoner with a chain on his neck and fetters on his feet, before Johan Beya, mayor of Monterrei in the name of Roi Paez de Bema, who wanted to sentence him to death and to kill him

“1435, A. López Carreira, Fragmentos de notarios, doc. E2-8”

... they approached said Goterre Afonso and that the mentioned Fernando de Mourelos extracted the sword from its scabbard against said Goterre Afonso, for killing him; and his companions, as they saw this, helped him against said Goterre Afonso, and consequently he gave him a large wound in the left leg, in which he injured him from under the knee till the heel

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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