åberhai̯d

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German overheit (“the sovereign power, authority”).

Noun

åberhai̯d m

  1. bailiff
    Synonym: amman

References
  • Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński; Kazimierz Polański (1962), “åberhai̯d”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological dictionary of the Polabian Drevani language] (in Polish), volume 1: A — Ďüzd, Wrocław – Warszawa – Kraków: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, page 21
  • Kazimierz Polański; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “åberhaid”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
  • Reinhold Olesch (1962), “Abercheid”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1
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