кѣле

Old Novgorodian

FWOTD – 18 July 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cělъ (earlier Proto-Slavic *kělъ), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káilas, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.

Adjective

кѣле • (kěle)

  1. whole, intact
    • c. 1025-1050, Novgorod birch-bark letters, document № 247:
      а ꙁамъке кѣле а двьри кѣлѣ
      a zamŭke kěle a dvĭri kělě
      but the lock is whole and the doors are whole

Declension

References

  • кѣле, кѣлѣ (letter no. 247)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎[1][2] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025