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Old Novgorodian
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *roocci. First attested in c. 1160‒1180.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Роусь • (Rusĭ) f
- Rus
c. 1160‒1180, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 105 , Novgorod:+ ѿ сьмъка къ коулотъкѣ оже то ѥси казале несъдѣ вѣверичь тихъ дѣлѧ коли то еси приходиле въ роус съ лазъ(в)къмъ тъгъдъ възѧле оу мене лазъвке переѧславлѣ- + otŭ sĭmŭka kŭ kulotŭkě ože to jesi kazale nesŭdě věverićĭ tixŭ dělę koli to jesi prixodile vŭ rus sŭ lazŭ(v)kŭmŭ tŭgŭdŭ vŭzęle u mene lazŭvke perejęslavlě
- From Semko to Kulotka. what you said to Nesda about that money ─ when you came to Rus' with Lazovko, then Lazovko took it from me in Pereiaslavl'.
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