preposition

Besteiro da maça RCG->AH

  1. Mace-carrying soldier.
  2. Bodyguard (as a mace was considered a short-range protection weapon).
  3. 'Besteiro' was a soldier serving with a crossbow (bèsta). There were many different types of 'besteiros' in Portugal, from 'besteiro da câmara' to 'besteiro da garrucha', 'besteiro do mar', etc. See Joaquim de Santa Rosa Viterbo, Elucidário das Palavras, Termos e Frases que em Portugal Antigamente se Usaram (Lisbon: 1865), vol. 1, pp. 132-133.

De

  1. Of (belonging, possession); from (origin); about, concerning (something).
  2. Also 'do, da, dos, das', as contraction of the preposition with definite articles.
  3. "Do reinado d'el-rrei dom Pedro" - concerning the reign of King Pedro. See CDP, ch. 1: 1.
  4. "da carta que enviou a el-rrei de Portugal" - concerning the letter he sent to the King of Portugal. See CDP, ch 2: 2.
  5. "Das cartas que o Papa..." - concerning the letters that the Pope. See CDP, ch. 3: 1.

 

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