Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

gdula f

  1. quince (Cydonia oblonga)
    • 1900 [1437], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[1], number 2548:
      Gdula, pigua citonia
      [Gdula, pigwa citonia]
    • 1900 [1464], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[2], number 4786:
      Gdule coctana
      [Gdule coctana]
  2. mandrake (Mandragora officinarum)
    • 1901 [Mandragore genus pomi; sunt autem poma eius odorifera pulcra et insipida; gdule mandragore (mandragorae dederunt odorem Cant 7, 13)], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 74:
      Mandragore genus pomi; sunt autem poma eius odorifera pulcra et insipida; gdule mandragore (mandragorae dederunt odorem Cant 7, 13)
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  3. European mistletoe (Viscum album)
    • 1885 [End of the 15th century], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne[3], volume V, page 7:
      Gdule vel pigle mespilia
      [Gdule vel pigle mespilia]

Further reading edit