Old Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German [Term?]. First attested in 1340.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ba(ː)rkraxt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /barkraxt/, /bɒrkraxt/

Noun

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barkracht m animacy unattested

  1. (mining, attested in Lesser Poland) taxed income from a salt mine
    • 1875 [1340], Wojciech Kętrzyński, Stanisław Smolka, editors, Codex diplomaticus Monasterii Tynecensis = Kodeks dyplomatyczny klasztoru tynieckiego. Cz. 1, Obejmująca rzeczy od roku 1105 do roku 1399[1], Tyniec, page 98:
      Cum de eadem salifodina sal procedet seu exibit, tum dominus abbas... debet recipere unam marcam pro iure, quod dicitur berkracht
      [Cum de eadem salifodina sal procedet seu exibit, tum dominus abbas... debet recipere unam marcam pro iure, quod dicitur berkracht]
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