Old Spanish

Noun

huesso m (plural huessos)

1. (anatomy) bone
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 13v.

     Et por ende es bona en la arte de cirulgia pora tirar los hueſſos q́ ſó q́brados en los cuerpos delos oḿs por llaga o por quebrátadura.

     And there it is good in the art of surgery for pulling the bones that are broken in people's bodies due to a wound or a breaking.

   • Idem, f. 64r.

     Et la su forma es deſta guisa. que de la part que ſe tiene con el hueſſo es llana ¬ dela parte de fuera contral cuero es alta ¬ redonda.

     And its shape is in this manner: the part held against the bone is flat, and the outside part, [the part] held against the skin, is tall and rounded.

Descendants

• Spanish: hueso