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Old Polish
Etymology
Perhaps continuing Proto-Slavic *xornà. By surface analysis, chronić + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xrɔna/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /xrɔna/
Noun
chrona f
- place of refuge, shelter, hiding place
- Synonyms: pochrona, schrona, skrow
1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 24, 25:Plew a szana gest dosycz v nas, a chroni dosycz ku przebitku (et locus spatiosus ad manendum)- [Plew a siana jest dosyć u nas a chrony dosyć ku przebytku (et locus spatiosus ad manendum)]
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Further reading
- 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), “chrona”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN