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beruhet

English translation: deferred

13:34 Aug 2, 2016
German to English translations [PRO]
History / old German
German term or phrase: beruhet
Widerholter Pöckl ziehet ganz nicht in widerspruch dem klagenden Franz zu Stötten von ab 1765 her vom abgenommen Wein schuldig zu sein, welche Bezahlung aber gleichfalls bis zur Wirtschafftabsänderung beruhet.

Any idea what beruhet might mean here? Perhaps whose payment is based on a change in the economy? Although then the "bis zur" would be a little weird. This is from 1770.
Kaportnoy
Local time: 19:00
English translation:deferred
Explanation:
Not being an expert in old German, but that's how I understand it: The payment for the wine is "resting", i.e like an IOU, or a credit, gestundet, deferred, suspended. As an expert for old English, you might come up with something more "Shakespearean"
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Kyra OL
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According to Grimmsche Wörterbuch
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Explanation:
Not being an expert in old German, but that's how I understand it: The payment for the wine is "resting", i.e like an IOU, or a credit, gestundet, deferred, suspended. As an expert for old English, you might come up with something more "Shakespearean"

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Reference: According to Grimmsche Wörterbuch

Reference information:
BERUHEN , quiescere, acquiescere, mhd. beruowen (aber wenig im gebrauch), Luther schrieb, mindestens anfangs, berugen.
1) die sinnliche vorstellung drückt lieber das einfache ruhen aus; beruhen ist ruhen, liegen bleiben, wie intr. beliegen, besitzen. auf eingereichtes gesuch wird in canzleien oft der bescheid ertheilt 'beruht', d. h. die sache hat ihr bewenden, es soll jetzt nichts darin geschehn.

Grimm dates from the correct time period, and the legal sense may apply here.
All other meanings of 'beruhen' in Grimm refer to 'beruhen auf' and not just the verb alone.


    Reference: http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/?sigle=DWB&mode=Vernetzung&lem...
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