ensamne
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *exāmine, from Latin exāmen (“swarm”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editensamne m (plural ensamnes)
- swarm, hive, beehive
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:
- […] A cabo de dias tornos por prẽder la ⁊ aplego por ueer o ẏazia el leõ muerto. efallo enel cuerpo del leõ .j. enſãne dabejas e mẏel : crebãtolo cõ ſus manos ⁊ comẏo
- […] After some days he returned to take her, and he approached to see where the dead lion lay. And he found in the lion's carcass a swarm of bees and honey. So he broke it with his hands and ate.