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Kensborg
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Low German
Alternative forms
nds Kensborch
nds Kensbarg Natangian Low Prussian
Pronunciation
nds
Proper noun
nds proper noun nds Elbingian _ Low Prussian
nds Königsberg former capital r/East Prussia today in obl/Kaliningrad c/Russia Kaliningrad
1862, Robert Dorr, Twöschen Wiessel on Noacht: Plattdietsche Gedichte, (published by Neumann-Hartmannsche Buchhandlung in Elbing), page 17 ():
nds He brocht von Kensborch SchwärenootGanz warm uk frösch en Bekkerbrood.
1897, Robert Dorr, Tweschen Wiessel on Nagt: Plattdeutsche Gedichte und Dichtungen, second edition (published by C. Meißner in Elbing), page 24 ():
nds He brocht von Kensborg, Schwerenoth,Ganz warm uk fresch en Bäckerbrod.
Further reading
H. Frischbier, Preußisches Wörterbuch: Ost- und Westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer Folge, volume 1 (A-K) (published in 1882 by Enslin in Berlin), cites the line by Dorr (1862) as "He brocht von Kensborch, schwere Noot, / Ganz warm uk frösch en Beckerbrot."