The Bible in Spain, Vol. 2 [of 2]: Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the PeninsulaBorrow, George
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The Bible in Spain, Vol. 2 [of 2]: Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula
Borrow, George
Borrow, George, 1803-1881 -- Travel -- Spain; Spain -- Description and travel; Spain -- History -- 19th century
HABLAR. _Span._ To speak. Lat. _fabulare_.
HACER. _Span._ To do, make. _El hará el gusto por V_, He will do what
you want.
HADA, HADE. _Arab._ This.
HAIK. _Arab._ A white cloth worn over the head by the Moors.
HAIMAS. _Arab._ Tents. More correctly, _ḥaimat_, plur. _ḥiyām_.
HAJI. _Arab._, _Turk._, and _Grk._ One who having made the _haj_, or
pilgrimage, to Mecca, is entitled to wear a green turban and assume the
title of _haji_. But the same title, strange to say, is assumed by
orthodox Christians who have made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem; and _Haji
Yanco_ is quite as common a title or mode of address in the Levant as
_Haji Ibrahím_.
HALAL. _Arab._ Lawful.
HALOOF. _Berber_. Hog’s flesh. More correctly, _ḥalluf_.
HAMAL. _Arab._ Porter, carrier. More correctly, _ḥammāl_.
HANUTZ. _Arab._ Shop. More correctly, _ḥanūt_.
HARĀM. _Arab._ and _Hebr._ Forbidden. Akin to this is _harem_.
HASTA. _Span._ Until. See DESPUES.
HATO. _Span._ A herd, a multitude. Port. _fato_.
HAX WEIB, HAX. _Germ._ A witch. A wrong form of _Hexe Weib_ or _Hexe_,
a witch, or female wizard.
HAYIM. _Hebr._ Living. More correctly, _hayyim_.
HELLER. _Germ._ A copper coin in use in Germany previous to 1848; in
value about one farthing.
HERENCIA. _Span._ Heritage, inheritance.
HERRADOR. _Span._ A blacksmith.
HIDALGO. _Span._ See FIDALGO.
HIGUERA. _Span._ A fig-tree.
HIJO. _Span._ A son. Lat. _filius_.
HINAI. _Arab._ Here.
HOK. _Rom._ Deceit, falsehood, fraud. _Hokka_, to lie; _hokkawar_, to
cheat. _Hokkano_, in Eng. Rom., a lie. P. ii. 160; A. 37; Pp. 317; M.
vii. 63. _Hokkano baro_, the great trick. See Z. i. 310; LL. 244; Lel.
352; Gr. 357.
HOMBRE. _Span._ HOMME. _Fr._ A man
HORCA. _Span._ The gallows.
HORNO. _Span._ Oven.
HOURIS. _Arab._ The women of the Moslem Paradise. Plural of the Arab,
_ḥawrá_ = black-eyed.
HSHEESH. _Arab._ I.e. _ḥashish_, a preparation of hemp.
HUÁJE. _Arab._ Things. _Huáje del Mselmeen_, more correctly, _ḥawāij
el Muslimīn_, things of the Moslems.
HUESO. _Span._ A bone.
HUNDUNAR, JUNDUNAR. _Rom._ A soldier. P. ii. 172; R. 294. J. gives
_jundo_, _jundonal_.
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ICHASOA. _Basque_. The sea. The verse quoted by Borrow (ii. 118) more
accurately runs thus—
“Ichasoa urac handi.
(The iea—the water—large)
Eztu ondoric aguerri—
(There is not—any bottom—manifest)
Pasaco ninsaqueni andic
(To pass—I could be able—thence)
Maitea icustea gatic.”
(The beloved—the seeing, _i.e._ to see—for).
INFAMIA. _Span._ and _Port._ Infamy.
INFANTE. _Span._ and _Port._ Prince.
INGLATERRA. _Span._ England.
INGLES. _Span._ English. _Inglesito_! “My little Englishman!”
INQUISICION. _Span._ The Inquisition.
INSHALLAH. _Arab._ Please God!
INSTANCIA. _Span._ and _Port._ Instance, prosecution. See note, ii.
141.
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