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Вьсеславъ кънязь судяше, кънязьмь грады ⟨городы⟩ рядяше, а самъ въ ночь вълкъмь рискаше: ис Кыева дорискаше до куръ Тъмутороканя, великому Хърсови вълкъмь путь прѣрискаше ⟨пере-⟩.
Vĭseslavŭ kŭnjazĭ sudjaše, kŭnjazĭmĭ grady ⟨gorody⟩ rjadjaše, a samŭ vŭ nočĭ vŭlkŭmĭ riskaše: is Kyeva doriskaše do kurŭ Tŭmutorokanja, velikomu Xŭrsovi vŭlkŭmĭ putĭ prěriskaše ⟨pere-⟩.
Prince Vseslav was a judge for his subjects, he distributed cities among princes, but by night he ran like a wolf, from Kiev he ran to Tmutorokan, before the cock crowed, as a wolf he ran along the road of the great Khors.
a.1200, Descent of the Virgin into Hell, quoted in Древніе Памятники Русскаго Письма и Языка, I. I. Sreznevsky, published 1863, page 205:
то сетьнѣѥ и члв҃чьска імена та оутриꙗ Троꙗна Хърса Велеса Пероуна
to setĭněje i člv::čĭska imena ta utrija Trojana Xŭrsa Velesa Peruna
And having done that human names the next day - Troyan, Khors, Veles, Perun
и постави кумирꙑ на холму. внѣ двора теремнаго. перуна древѧна. а главу его сребрену. а оусъ ꙁлатъ. и хърса дажьб҃а. и стриб҃а. и симарьгла. и мокошь
and he put idols on the hill, outside the palace, a wooden Perun and his silver head and a golden head. and Khors, Dazhbog and Stribog and Simargl and Mokosh
Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “Хърсъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1425
