meszne

Old Polish

Etymology

From meszny + -e. First attested in 1400.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

meszne n

  1. type of annual tribute paid by the faithful to the parish (probably obliging the parish priest to celebrate mass)
    • 1868 [1400], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego, volume III, page 146:
      Pro dacione missali, que alias meszne dicitur
      [Pro dacione missali, que alias meszne dicitur]

Descendants

  • Polish: meszne

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛʂ.nɛ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʂ.nɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʂnɛ
  • Syllabification: mesz‧ne

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish meszne. By surface analysis, meszny + -e.

Noun

meszne n

  1. (nominalized, historical) type of annual tribute paid by the faithful to the parish (probably obliging the parish priest to celebrate mass) (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension

Etymology 2

From meszny + -e.

Noun

meszne n

  1. (nominalized, obsolete) forest where bears have their lair (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension

Adjective

meszne

  1. inflection of meszny:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative

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