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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtě̀ti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /vjɛrt͡ɕɛ(ː)t͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /vjɛrt͡ɕɛt͡ɕ/, /vjɛrt͡ɕet͡ɕ/
Verb
wiercieć impf
- (attested in Greater Poland) to bore, to drill, to perforate
1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490, Lubiń, page 120:Vyerczyecz dvrą foraminare- [Wiercieć durę foraminare]
- to wriggle
Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, pages 20–21:Nygdy tego v nyey nye vzryano, aby y tam y szam oczyma vyerczyala (visus... erat... non vagus neque petulans)- [Nigdy tego u niej nie uźrano, aby i tam i sam oczyma wierciała (visus... erat... non vagus neque petulans)]
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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), “wiercieć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN