debdor

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēbitōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deβˈdoɾ/

Noun

debdor m (plural debdores)

1. creditor
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42v:

     vna mugier delos ppħtas clamo aeliſeu_s ppħta edixol. To ſieruo mio marido es muerto e to ſabet q̃ fue temient del c̃ador afe do uiene eldebdor q̃ p̃ndras dos mios fijos por ſos ſieruos

     [Una mugier de los prophetas clamó a Eliseus propheta e dixo-l “To siervo mio marido es muerto, e to sabe-t que fue temient del criador. A fe do viene el debdor que prendrá-s dos mios fijos por sos siervos”]

     [Now] the wife of one of the prophets cried out to Elisha the prophet and said to him, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that he was one who feared the Creator. And lo, his creditor is coming [and] he will take for himself my two sons as his slaves.”

Related terms

• debda

Descendants

• Ladino: devdor
• Spanish: deudor