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Old Polish
Etymology
From kłoda + -nik. Cognate with Russian коло́дник (kolódnik).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kɫɔ(ː)dni(ː)k/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /kɫɔdnik/, /kɫodnik/
Noun
kłodnik m animacy unattested
- (attested in Silesia) captive
- Synonyms: jęciec, więzień
1832 [1261], Gustav Adolf Tzschoppe and Gustav Adolf Stenzel, editors, Urkundensammlung zur Geschichte des Ursprungs der Städte und der Einführung und Verbreitung deutscher Kolonisten und Rechte in Schlesien und der Ober Lausitz [Collection of documents on the history of the origin of cities and the introduction and spread of German colonists and rights in Silesia and Upper Lusatia], Silesia, page 347:Omnes homines, manentes in villis episcopi Vratislaviensis..., erunt inmunes et liberi ab omni povoz et podvoda, sed prevod ducent militare et tantummodo in hiis rebus, ferinis carnibus et piscibus, ... et militem captivum, qui dicitur clodnik- [Omnes homines, manentes in villis episcopi Vratislaviensis..., erunt inmunes et liberi ab omni powoz et podwoda, sed przewod ducent militare et tantummodo in hiis rebus, ferinis carnibus et piscibus, ... et militem captivum, qui dicitur kłodnik]
- (attested in Lesser Poland) prisoner
c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie, Miechów, page bv 4:Gresnik u greseh zapecclony jesc iaco klodnik u cemnicy scouany- [Grzesznik w grzeszech zapieklony jeść jako kłodnik w ciemnicy skowany]