Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps continuing Proto-Slavic *xornà. By surface analysis, chronić +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

chrona f

  1. place of refuge, shelter, hiding place
    Synonyms: pochrona, schrona, skrow
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[1], 24, 25:
      Plew a szana gest dosycz v nas, a chroni dosycz ku przebitku (et locus spatiosus ad manendum)
      [Plew a siana jest dosyć u nas a chrony dosyć ku przebytku (et locus spatiosus ad manendum)]

Descendants edit

  • >? Polish: charna (dialectal)

Further reading edit