поклонъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poklonъ.

Noun

поклонъ • (poklonŭ) m

  1. bow
  2. worship
  3. salutation, greeting

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

  • поклоно (poklono)
  • поколоно (pokolono)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poklonъ.

Noun

поклонъ • (poklonŭ) m

  1. greetings
    • c. 1265, Novgorod birch-bark letters, document № 199:
      Поклоно ѿ Онѳима ко Данилѣ
      Poklono otŭ Onθima ko Danilě
      Greetings from Onfim to Danila

Usage notes

поклонъ started being used as a standard greeting in letters c. 1200, quickly replacing the earlier standard покланѧниѥ (poklanęnije). By 1400, поклонъ itself fell out of favor, to be replaced by variants of челомь битьѥ (ćelomĭ bitĭje).

References

  • “поклонъ (letter no. 481)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎[1][2] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  • Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “§1.16. Некоторые вопросы текстовой структуры берестяных грамот”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[3] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 37
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