Aug 2, 2016 13:34
7 yrs ago
German term

beruhet

German to English Other History old German
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.
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Kaportnoy (asker) Aug 3, 2016:
That would be my fault for writing old German - just wanted to get the question out there and wasn't thinking. Thanks for all the help!
Kyra OL Aug 3, 2016:
Expert terminology Point taken, I do apologise to any scholars, it does say History/old German in the heading, though. And I hope some expert comes up with a suggestion, I am curious now.
Michael Martin, MA Aug 2, 2016:
@Kyra I don’t have sufficient expertise to criticize your solution but scholars of the Germanic languages will turn up their noses at people referring to the Bard’s English as “old English” or 18th century German as “old German”. The correct terms are Early Modern English and Neuhochdeutsch, respectively. Not a big deal HERE, but if the label ‘old’ is used too indiscriminately, it blurs the distinctions between different historical periods and could potentially be very confusing.

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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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According to Grimmsche Wörterbuch

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.
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