Crossword puzzle : Archaisms in Spanish

Step into the linguistic past with this challenging C2-level crossword dedicated to archaic Spanish vocabulary. From medieval literature to Golden Age poetry, these forgotten words once shaped the language of Cervantes and Lope de Vega. Can you dust off your knowledge of voces en desuso and prove your mastery of Spanish across the centuries?

Horizontalement

1. 1. Old sense: 'thing to be read'
2. 3. Memory that stirs emotions
3. 6. Archaic conjunction 'since, as soon as'
4. 7. Archaic form of 'likewise, also'
5. 11. Hope for a better outcome
6. 12. Imperfect subjunctive of tener
7. 13. Old Spanish for 'task, matter'
8. 14. Language or tongue
9. 15. Always, at all times without exception

Verticalement

1. 2. After, indicating a later time
2. 4. Then, temporal connector
3. 5. Imperfect subjunctive of querer
4. 6. To rest
5. 8. someone, indefinite person pronoun
6. 9. To seem
7. 10. Heart as centre of emotion