Starobiałoruski Tristan jako źródło do historii leksyki.Wybrane zagadnienia z zakresu zapożyczeń

Abstract

In the article selected questions concerning vocabulary in Old Belarusian translation of the chivalric romance preserved in the 16th century manuscript of Raczynski Codex have been analyzed. Special attention has been focused on lexical borrowings. Loanwords from such languages as Latin, Italian, German, Czech through Polish medium have been discussed. The usage of such lexical devices was justified by the nominal needs connected with the description of life, warcraft, knights` pastime as well as general concepts (cf. рыцэръ, турнай, варцабы, oльмарея, жупица, кунштъ, шырмеръствo). Native lexical inventory was in short supply to nominate new realities, phenomena or objects.