mrzost

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nerstъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mrzost m animacy unattested

1. (attested in Greater Poland) fish spawning
   • 1877-1999 [1235], Franciszek Piekosiński, Antoni Gąsiorowski, Henryk Kowalewicz, Ryszard Walczak, Tomasz Jasiński, Izabela Skierska, editors, Kodeks dyplomatyczny Wielkopolski. Codex diplomaticus Maioris Poloniae [Diplomatic Code of Greater Poland], volume I, Greater Poland, page 153:

     In prima congelacione aque et in estivali capturis squillarum, que mrost vocatur, nostra sagena ab uno fine lacus usque ad alium primum tractum obtineat

     [In prima congelacione aque et in estivali capturis squillarum, que mrzost vocatur, nostra sagena ab uno fine lacus usque ad alium primum tractum obtineat]

Further reading

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