beserunk

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German [Term?]. First attested in 1462.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

beserunk m animacy unattested

1. (attested in Greater Poland) betterment, improvement, fix
   • 1892 [1462], Adolf Warschauer, editor, Sonder-Veröffentlichungen der historischen Gesellschaft für die Provinz Posen, volume I, Poznań, page 136:

     Hereditadem cum libertate duorum annorum super melioracionem al. na besserung de jure ad requisicionem... adjudicavimus

     [Hereditadem cum libertate duorum annorum super melioracionem al. na beserunk de jure ad requisicionem... adjudicavimus]

References

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