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Old Polish
Etymology
From o- + Proto-Slavic *slь(p)nǫti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔɕlʲnɑ̃t͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔɕlʲnɑ̃t͡ɕ/
Verb
oślnąć pf
- (intransitive) to go blind
- Coordinate term: okchnąć
1930 [c. 1455], “Tob 2”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), section 11:A w tem vsnyenyv gnoy iastkolyci gorøci gemv w oczy vpadnye tak, isze røcze oszlnøl (fieretque caecus)- [A w tem uśnieniu gnoj jastkoliczy gorący jemu w oczy upadnie, tak iże rącze oślnął (fieretque caecus)]
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), “oślnąć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN