варѧгъ

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Old East Slavic

Варѧзи.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic варѧгъ (varęgŭ), from Byzantine Greek Βάραγγος (Bárangos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑˈrɛ̃ɡʊ//ʋaˈrʲaɡʊ//ʋaˈrʲaɡ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɑˈrɛ̃ɡʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋaˈrʲaɡʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋaˈrʲaɡ/

  • Hyphenation: ва‧рѧ‧гъ

Noun

варѧгъ (varęgŭm

  1. Varangian
    • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 2:
      по сєму жє морю сѣдѧть варѧꙁи сѣмо ко въстоку до прєдѣла симова.
      po semu že morju sědętĭ varęzi sěmo ko vŭstoku do preděla simova.
      And along this sea the Varyags lived, and thence to the east up to the border of Sim.

Declension

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Descendants