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German: beforcht

English translation: begrenzt > bordered (delimited) by / has borders with







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German term or phrase:beforcht
English translation:begrenzt > bordered (delimited) by / has borders with
Entered by:Bernhard Sulzer
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German term or phrase: beforcht
Who can make something of this old German? The date is unknown, but it says:-

It. ist diesem Gerichtlichen protocoll ein ver leibt word wie daß Anthonius
Hassinger von hiesiger Gemeindt Ein Morgen acker erkaufft, gelegen auff dem
Unden heimer berg oder an dem Klingell brunnen beforcht oben die
Tautphäischen Erben unten Johann Nicolaus Armsheimer ist ledig unnd Eygen
vor unnd umb Eilf gulden
Armorel Young
United Kingdom
Clarification request(s) and response
Kim Metzger: 9:17pm Jul 25, 2007: You might also try this Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/non_current_German/
Jonathan MacKerron: 9:26pm Jul 25, 2007: Grimm is now available free of charge online
http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/dw...
Armorel Young: 9:29pm Jul 25, 2007: @Jonathan - how would your interpretation fit with "oben ... unten"? Google has a no. of instances of "beforcht oben ... unten... " and it's not clear to me what befürchten can mean in that context.
Jonathan MacKerron: 9:35pm Jul 25, 2007: @Armorel, I'm afraid my brain has already checked out at this late hour, perhaps wisdom will come to me in a dream, which I hope to be doing in about 10 minutes...

begrenzt
Explanation:
könnte sich auf die Anrainer oben und unten beziehen.

siehe
beforchen >>
befurchen-
Pfälzisches Wörterbuch:
http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/pf...


http://www.ig-edelkastanie.de/download/exkursionsfuehrer_ede...
beforcht
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begrenzt von...

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english: delimited by

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Community_Board
Brooklyn Community Board 1 encompasses Flushing Avenue, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Northside, and Southside. It is delimited by the Newtown Creek and Queens Borough line on the east, Flushing and Kent Avenue on the south, as well as by the East River on the west.

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Bernhard Sulzer
Austria
Note from asker to answerer
Very helpful, and very useful references - thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4begrenzt
Bernhard Sulzer
2past tense of befürchten
Jonathan MacKerron


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
past tense of befürchten

Explanation:
according to Grimm

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Here are the two Grimm entries:

BEFORCHT [Lfg. 1,6], terribilis, furchtbar, gefürchtet: und ich sage euch in warheit, das ir darvon beforchter werdent. Aimon r 4b. das ahd. foraht, forht bedeutete timens, timoratus (GRAFF 3, 685).

BEFÜRCHTEN er beforcht sich ergers. Aimon O 4; so musz ich mich befürchten, ich möchte ertichtete

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
begrenzt

Explanation:
könnte sich auf die Anrainer oben und unten beziehen.

siehe
beforchen >>
befurchen-
Pfälzisches Wörterbuch:
http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/pf...


http://www.ig-edelkastanie.de/download/exkursionsfuehrer_ede...
beforcht
(Dokument-Beispiel)

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Note added at 47 mins (2007-07-25 22:01:37 GMT)
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oder auch: angrenzend an...

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-25 22:53:25 GMT)
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begrenzt von...

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Note added at 3 days8 hrs (2007-07-29 05:32:26 GMT) Post-grading
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english: delimited by

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Community_Board
Brooklyn Community Board 1 encompasses Flushing Avenue, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Northside, and Southside. It is delimited by the Newtown Creek and Queens Borough line on the east, Flushing and Kent Avenue on the south, as well as by the East River on the west.



Bernhard Sulzer
Austria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Note from asker to answerer
Very helpful, and very useful references - thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Dr. Fred Thomson: Absolutely. Fits the context very well.
1 hr
  -> Thank you kindly!

agree Johanna Timm, PhD
3 hrs
  -> danke, Johanna!

agree Allesklar: good reference
5 hrs
  -> danke, Allesklar!

agree Stefani Harper: here another reference http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~cd2/drw/e/fu/rche/furch...
5 hrs
  -> danke Stefani, auch für den Link!
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