opole

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See also: Opole, Opolė, Ôpole, and Òpòle

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Univerbation of o +‎ pole. First attested in 1257.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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opole n (related adjective opolny)

  1. province; duty (administrative division of a peasant population; certain public burdens and criminal liability borne jointly by such a population)
    • 1874 [1257], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące[1], volume III, page 53:
      Strosa duarum prouinciarum, quod opole vlg. appellatur
      [Strosa duarum prouinciarum, quod opole vlg. appellatur]
  2. (attested in Masovia) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. complex of goods in the hands of one owner
      • 1955 [1480], “Uwagi o sprawie osadnictwa Równiny Praskiej w wiekach XI-XVI”, in Adam Wolff, editor, Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, volume 3, number 2, Zakroczym, page 393:
        Jakom ja Mykolaya, slugy jego, na drodzye nye yal anym go do domu swego gwalthem samoosm vyothl, anym do gynego opola vydal
        [Jakom ja Mikołaja, sługi jego, na drodze nie jął anim go do domu swego gwałtem samoośm wiodł, anim do jinego opola wydał]
  3. (attested in Greater Poland) province (representatives of the peasant population living in such a division, who took part in the delimitation of land holdings)
    • 1967 [1417], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kościańskie, volume III, number 633, Kościan:
      Yaco przeto szedl do opola, ys go opole volalo, any cyego ginszego dla
      [Jako prze to szedł do opola, iż go opole wołało, ani czego jinszego dla]

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Descendants

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  • Polish: opole

References

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  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “opole”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “opole”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish opole. By surface analysis, univerbation of o +‎ pole.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
  • Syllabification: o‧po‧le
  • Homophone: Opole

Noun

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opole n (related adjective opolny or opolowy)

  1. (historical) A western Slavic administrative, judicial, and tax unit of territory containing roughly between 10 and 20 villages.
    1. (obsolete) tribute, services, or benefits provided by the population of such a division
    2. (obsolete) population of such a division
  2. (obsolete) land that is a transition from flat fields to elevated land (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

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References

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  1. ^ opole”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

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