gwarek

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gwar +‎ -ek. First attested in 1494.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gwarek m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) mining association member (member of an association of small entrepreneurs extracting minerals from the same mine)
    • 1917 [1494], Jan Ptaśnik, editor, Cracovia artificum 1300-1500[1], number 1144, Krakow:
      Niclos... posuit in arestum omnia bona mobilia et immobilia..., partes moncium, quas partes solus Paulus vendiderat... pro 50 florenis..., 2 florenos dedit super hoc et 8 florenos, quos [te]tenentur cooperarii al. gewerkowye
      [Niclos... posuit in arestum omnia bona mobilia et immobilia..., partes moncium, quas partes solus Paulus vendiderat... pro 50 florenis..., 2 florenos dedit super hoc et 8 florenos, quos [te]tenentur cooperarii al. gewerkowie]
    • 1874 [1496], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące[2], volume XIV, page 428:
      Item in ffodinis moncium siccorum cuiuslibet metalli et colorum minerarum atque in lapidicinis domini moncium al. gwarkowe... singulariter a personis tributum dent
      [Item in ffodinis moncium siccorum cuiuslibet metalli et colorum minerarum atque in lapidicinis domini moncium al. gwarkowie... singulariter a personis tributum dent]

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