wieśnica

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Old Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /vjɛɕɲit͡sa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /vjɛɕɲit͡sa/

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьsьnica.

Noun[edit]

wieśnica m animacy unattested

  1. villager (resident of a village)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Old Polish vesnicě.

Noun[edit]

wieśnica f

  1. village
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Judith”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[1], 4, 4:
      Muri otoczily swe wyesznyce (vicos suos) a swyozø do nych vzitki ku potrzebye na walkø
      [Mury otoczyli swe wieśnice (vicos suos) a swiozą do nich użytki ku potrzebie na walkę]

Etymology 3[edit]

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Noun[edit]

wieśnica f

  1. Unknown tribute in honey; customarily specified amount of honey.
    Alternative forms: (alternative reading) węźnica, (alternative reading) wieżnica, (alternative reading) więźnica, (alternative reading) wwieźnica
    • 1938 [1328], “Vesnica - danina miodowa”, in Anna Kutrzebianka, editor, Roczniki Dziejów Społecznych i Gospodarczych[2], volume VII, Inowrocław, Sieradz, page 79:
      Quod villa nomine Stobnicza... ducalem solucionem mellis, videlicet metretam, que vulgo veznicza nuncupatur, pro nobis solvere in perpetuum totaliter non deberet
      [Quod villa nomine Stobnica... ducalem solucionem mellis, videlicet metretam, que vulgo wieśnica nuncupatur, pro nobis solvere in perpetuum totaliter non deberet]

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