Legkorábbi szövegemlékeink keletkezési idejéről és az Ómagyar Mária-siralom kyniuhhad kifejezésének új értelmezéséről
Chronology of the Earliest Hungarian Text Records and the Explanation of the Expression kyniuhhad Occurring in the Old Hungarian Lament of the Virgin Mary

Summary/Abstract: The results of the present paper are connected to the author’s former study on the earliest Hungarian text records published in 2013: “Chronology and text-reconstruction: on the fundamental matters of the Königsberg Ribands discovered 120 years ago”. (Nyelvtudományi Közlemények 109. 267–336.) By analysing the archaic word-forms occurring in the earliest Hungarian texts the author establishes the following absolute chronological order of these records:Funeral Sermon and Prayer HBK probably 1160–1185; i.e. around 1173. Miracle of the Virgin Mary SzMCs probably 1180–1205; i.e. around 1193. Old Hungarian Lament of the Virgin Mary ÓMS probably 1200–1225; i.e. around 1213. Old Hungarian Annunciation ÓAÜ probably 1275–1300; i.e. around 1288. In the 3rd chapter of the present communication the author discusses a completely new explanation of the expression kyniuhhad occurring in the Old Hungarian Lament of the Virgin Mary. Contrary to former explanations, he concludes that it is a composite form: kyn + iuhhad, meaning ’pain subsides’. This explanation is in full agreement with the written form and fi ts perfectly to the text semantically as well.

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