trawta

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German trift.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

trawta f

  1. (attested in Masovia) wooden raft
    Synonym: płet
    • 1950 [1473], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1423, Warsaw:
      Yako ya tho [] , *ossmyh kloth soly [] y drugą s trawthamy [] vsskodzylesch
      [Jako ja to [] , ośmi[h] kłod soli [] i drugą z trawtami [] uszkodziłeś]
    • 1912-1930 [1429-1433], Monumenta Iuris cura praepositorum Chartophylacio Maximo Varsoviensi, volume VI, page 112:
      Iohannes... recognouit, quia... Nicolao... quingentos triffthi super primam aquam... in Danczk soluturos [se obligavit]
      [Iohannes... recognouit, quia... Nicolao... quingentos tryfty super primam aquam... in Danczk soluturos [se obligavit]]

Descendants

  • Polish: tratew, (metathesised) tratwa

References

Further reading

M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Trawta on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource pl