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de

prep

LanguageOld Spanish

Meaning
  1. of; -'s (indicates ownership)
  2. from; of (with the source or provenance of or at)
  3. of (expressing composition or substance)
  4. about (concerning or with regard to)
Examples

[…] Rey don alfonso […] Sennor de caſtiella de Toledo de Leon de Gallizia de Seuilla de cordoua de Murcia de Jahen. ⁊ del Algarbe.

King don Alfonso, lord of Castile, of Toledo, of León, of Galicia, of Seville, of Cordoba, of Murcia, of Jaén and of the Algarve.

Part of speechprep

Usage noteThis is the most common preposition in Old Spanish and serves many functions similar to 'of' or 'from' in modern English.

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