фофоудьꙗ

See also: фофудья

Old Novgorodian

фофоудьꙗ

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek *φουφούδιον (*phouphoúdion), compare φουφουδότης (phouphoudótēs). Possibly related to ἐφούδ (ephoúd), ἐφώδ (ephṓd), which is from Biblical Hebrew אֵפוֹד (ʾēp̄ōḏ, “ephod”). First attested in c. 1140‒1160.

Cognate with Old East Slavic фофудиꙗ (fofudija), Russian фофу́дья (fofúdʹja), Ukrainian фофу́дія (fofúdija).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: фо‧фоу‧дь‧ꙗ

Noun

фофоудьꙗ • (fofudĭja)[1]

  1. (hapax legomenon) fofudja, a precious oriental gold-woven fabric
    • c. 1140‒1160, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 675 [Birchbark letter no. 675]‎[2], Novgorod:
      … кꙑевѣ : бг҃ъ : мьжи нама послоухо бꙑлъ : фофоудьи бꙑлъ твоихъ :ѳ҃: рьклъ ѧ собѣ …
      … kyjevě : bg:ŭ : mĭži nama posluxo bylŭ : fofudĭi bylŭ tvoixŭ 9 rĭklŭ ję sobě …
      In Kiev, God was our witness: of your fofudii, I claimed 9 for myself.

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 813

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