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Old Polish
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *stьvolъ + -in. Cognate with Kashubian stolëm and Russian исполи́н (ispolín).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /stfɔlʲi(ː)n/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /stfɔlʲin/
Noun
stwolin m animacy unattested
- giant (mythical being of human form but superhuman size)
- Synonym: obrzym
1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 64:Gigas sthwolyn, obrzym (war. lub.: obrzym; exsultavit ut gigas ad currendam viam Psal 18, 6)- [Gigas stwolin, obrzym (war. lub.: obrzym; exsultavit ut gigas ad currendam viam Psal 18, 6)]
References
- 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), “stwolin”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN