chrona

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Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps continuing Proto-Slavic *xornà. By surface analysis, chronić +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

chrona f

  1. place of refuge, shelter, hiding place
    Synonyms: pochrona, schrona, skrow
    • 1930 [Fifteenth century], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[1], 24, 25:
      Plew a szana gest dosycz v nas, a chroni dosycz ku przebitku (et locus spatiosus ad manendum)
      [Plew a siana jest dosyć u nas a chrony dosyć ku przebytku (et locus spatiosus ad manendum)]

Descendants[edit]

  • >? Polish: charna (dialectal)

Further reading[edit]