Help with Old Polish
Loren A. Billings
BILLINGS at PUCC.BITNET
Sat Nov 25 22:32:49 UTC 1995
Dear colleagues,
I am encountering difficulty with two words from (approximately) 16th-century
Polish texts.
1. Nawet zakazano byl/o po polsku godac'.
even forbidden was in Polish ???
I know that the last word is probably an infinival verb, but can't find any
appropriate gloss in my modern-Polish dictionaries. Note that the _byl/o_ is
ungrammatical in modern Polish in a sentence with a predicate with a -no/-to
ending.
2. S'niedziono od zwierza
??? by animal
Note that the _od_ in this sentence is now expressed using _przez_ in modern
Polish, but such phrases are not allowed in -no/-to clauses today.
I would greatly appreciate any help. I will post a summary. Please write me
directly at the e-mail address below.
Sincerely,
Loren Billings
billings at mailer.fsu.edu
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