Роусь

See also: Русь

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *roocci. First attested in c. 1160‒1180.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Роу‧сь

Proper noun

Роусь • (Rusĭ) f[1]

  1. Rus
    • c. 1160‒1180, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 105 [Birchbark letter no. 105]‎[2], Novgorod:
      + ѿ сьмъка къ коулотъкѣ оже то ѥси казале несъдѣ вѣверичь тихъ дѣлѧ коли то еси приходиле въ роус[ь] съ лазъ(в)къмъ тъгъдъ възѧле оу мене лазъвке переѧслав[ь]лѣ
      + otŭ sĭmŭka kŭ kulotŭkě ože to jesi kazale nesŭdě věverićĭ tixŭ dělę koli to jesi prixodile vŭ rus[ĭ] sŭ lazŭ(v)kŭmŭ tŭgŭdŭ vŭzęle u mene lazŭvke perejęslav[ĭ]lě
      From Semko to Kulotka. [In regard to] what you said to Nesda about that money ─ when you came to Rus' with Lazovko, then Lazovko took it from me in Pereiaslavl'.

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 793

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