barkmistrz

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German [Term?]. First attested in 1368.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bar(ː)kmistr̝/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bar(ː)kmistr̝/

Noun

barkmistrz m animacy unattested

1. (mining) head or director of a salt mine

   Synonym: bergmagister

   • 1874 [1368], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące‎^[1], volume X, page 216:

     Concedimus sibi et suis successoribus legittimis plenam et omnimodam vigorem et potestatem sectores ad inquirendum sal durum locare et male laborantes in montibus ac ipso barkmistrz inobedientes deponere et eis laborem prohibere

     [Concedimus sibi et suis successoribus legittimis plenam et omnimodam vigorem et potestatem sectores ad inquirendum sal durum locare et male laborantes in montibus ac ipso barkmistrz inobedientes deponere et eis laborem prohibere]

Derived terms

nouns

• barkmistrzowstwo

 

Related terms

nouns

• barkracht

 

References

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