Zapomniany świat obrzędowości weselnej w dawnej Polsce (na podstawie słowniczka Nazwy weselne... Zygmunta Glogera)

Abstract

The article depicts former, regionally diversified wedding lexis and helps to reconstruct rich nuptial rites hidden behind words, which were still very common in the second half of the 19th century and are now nearly completely forgotten. The resource material used as a basis of considerations herein is a nineteenth century glossary by Z. Gloger Nazwy weselne, wyrażenia i przedmioty używane przy godowych obrzędach ludu na przestrzeni byłej Rzplitej. The set of words recorded by Gloger mostly includes archaisms which not only show a fragment of a historical reality of the language but also reflect an important segment of a family and social life that does not exist anymore in the same old form.