Appendix:Old Polish terms of uncertain reading

Some Old Polish terms are near impossible to read correctly, let alone discern any grammatical or lexical information from them. Such terms are listed here.

assalay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in 1448.

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 1868 [1448], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎^[1], volume V, page 164:

     Datum... anno domini... presentibus nobilibus Sigismundo de Nowoszelicze... Iohanne Knyehniczsky, *que minist[e]r[i]ali protunc existenti dicto *assalay

     [Datum... anno domini... presentibus nobilibus Sigismundo de Nowosielce... Iohanne Kniehnicsky, *que minist[e]r[i]ali protunc existenti dicto *assalay]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “assalay”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

barcze

Alternative forms

• barca, berce (possibly)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in 1393.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

barcze

1. T-bar (pulling device on a cart)
   • 1874 [1393], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące‎^[2], volume XV, page 157:

     Pro quibusdam atinenciis currus dictis barczcze et restibus curruum regalium

     [Pro quibusdam atinenciis currus dictis barczce et restibus curruum regalium]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “barczce (?), barca, berce”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

basra

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

basra f

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • XV in., Elżbieta Belcarzowa, Anna Zajchowska, Felicja Wysocka i Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, editors, Glosy, number 1302:

     Basra psaldus

     [Basra psaldus]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “(S) !basra”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN