opole
Old Polish
editEtymology
editUniverbation of o + pole. First attested in 1257.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editopole n (related adjective opolny)
- province; duty (administrative division of a peasant population; certain public burdens and criminal liability borne jointly by such a population)
- 1874 [1257], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące[1], volume III, page 53:
- Strosa duarum prouinciarum, quod opole vlg. appellatur
- [Strosa duarum prouinciarum, quod opole vlg. appellatur]
- (attested in Masovia) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- complex of goods in the hands of one owner
- 1955 [1480], “Uwagi o sprawie osadnictwa Równiny Praskiej w wiekach XI-XVI”, in Adam Wolff, editor, Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, volume 3, number 2, Zakroczym, page 393:
- Jakom ja Mykolaya, slugy jego, na drodzye nye yal anym go do domu swego gwalthem samoosm vyothl, anym do gynego opola vydal
- [Jakom ja Mikołaja, sługi jego, na drodze nie jął anim go do domu swego gwałtem samoośm wiodł, anim do jinego opola wydał]
- complex of goods in the hands of one owner
- (attested in Greater Poland) province (representatives of the peasant population living in such a division, who took part in the delimitation of land holdings)
- 1967 [1417], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kościańskie, volume III, number 633, Kościan:
- Yaco przeto szedl do opola, ys go opole volalo, any cyego ginszego dla
- [Jako prze to szedł do opola, iż go opole wołało, ani czego jinszego dla]
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Descendants
edit- Polish: opole
References
edit- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “opole”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “opole”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish opole. By surface analysis, univerbation of o + pole.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editopole n (related adjective opolny or opolowy)
- (historical) A western Slavic administrative, judicial, and tax unit of territory containing roughly between 10 and 20 villages.
- (obsolete) tribute, services, or benefits provided by the population of such a division
- (obsolete) population of such a division
- (obsolete) land that is a transition from flat fields to elevated land (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
editDeclension of opole
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References
editFurther reading
edit- opole in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- opole in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “opole”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “opole”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “opole”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “opole”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 807
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