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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