Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• capdiello

Noun

cabdiello m (plural cabdiellos)

1. A military chief or leader.
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30r. col. 2.

     E dixieró q ſubra / de láte nos por cabdiello enla / batalla. Dixo nŕo ſénor iuda / ſubra caẏo dare la tŕa en ſu / mano.

     And they said: "Who shall go up before us as our leader in battle?". Our Lord said: "Judah shall go up, for I will hand him the land."

Related terms

• cabdal
• cabeça

Descendants

• Spanish: caudillo
  • English: caudillo