zełw

See also: żełw

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• złew

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /zɛɫfʲ/, /sɛɫfʲ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /zɛɫfʲ/, /sɛɫfʲ/

Noun

zełw f

1. (attested in Greater Poland, Sieradz) daughter-in-law
   • 1977-1980 [c. 1470], urowska-Górowska Wanda, Kyas Vladimir, editors, Mamotrekty staropolskie‎^{[1], [2], [3]}, Lubin, page 227:

     Nurus slew (socer nurum suam polluit nefarie Ezech 22, 11)

     [Nurus słew (socer nurum suam polluit nefarie Ezech 22, 11)]

   • 1897 [1387], Teki Adolfa Pawińskiego‎^[4], volume III, number 435, Łęczyca Land:

     Filia Wlodimiri... habet terminum cum suis zeluami infra duas septimanas et constituit suum patrem procuratorem

     [Filia Wlodimiri... habet terminum cum suis zełwiami infra duas septimanas et constituit suum patrem procuratorem]

2. (attested in Masovia, Sieradz) sister-in-law
   • [1478], Adam Wolff, editor, Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty Adama Wolffa pochodzące z mazowieckich ksiąg sądowych, Kolno County, pages 2, 282:

     Cum sua levira al. zelwya

     [Cum sua levira al. z zełwią]

   • 1897 [1387], Teki Adolfa Pawińskiego‎^[5], volume III, number 435, Łęczyca Land:

     Filia Wlodimiri... habet terminum cum suis zeluami infra duas septimanas et constituit suum patrem procuratorem

     [Filia Wlodimiri... habet terminum cum suis zełwiami infra duas septimanas et constituit suum patrem procuratorem]

References

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