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Meaning of vetula | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈwɛ.tʊ.ɫa]

Definitions

  1. old woman
    declension-1, feminine
  2. a corn dolly or small figurine, shaped as an old woman; a term in use among the Druidic pagans of Flanders in the 7th century
    declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

English old woman

Examples

“mortua non vetula”

dead, but not old

“7th century AD, Vita Eligii (The Life of St. Eligius), sermons of St. Eligius, translated by Jo Ann McNamara.https://archive.is/20030923004535/http://www.northvegr.org/lore/germanic/e.php Nullus in Kalendas Januarii nefanda et ridiculosa, vetulas aut cervulos vel iotticos”

Do not make vetulas, little deer or iotticos)

CEFR level

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

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