Powirp
Low German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Cognate with Lithuanian pawirpas and Old Prussian powirps “free”.[1]
Noun
[edit]Powirp m (plural Powirpen)
- (regional: Low Prussian) day laborer who is not indentured to anybody and who does not live in a rented accommodation (Losmann); freeman, laborer, day laborer who is not indentured to a master but does live in a rented accommodation (Frîmann); rural laborer who is not indentured to anybody
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- H. Frischbier: Preußisches Wörterbuch: Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer Folge. Second volume: L — Z, addenda and corrigendum, Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin, Berlin 1883, headword “Powirpen, Pawirpen”, p. 173.
- ^ H. Frischbier: Preußisches Wörterbuch: Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer Folge. Second volume: L — Z, addenda and corrigendum, Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin, Berlin 1883, headword “Powirpen, Pawirpen”, p. 173.