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Old Church Slavonic
Verb
велѣти • (velěti) impf
- command, order
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1333-1334:
иже намъ бъхъма не велѧтъ въкоусити мѧсъ ни вина, скврьнаво творѧще.- iže namŭ bŭxŭma ne velętŭ vŭkusiti męsŭ ni vina, skvrĭnavo tvoręšte.
- who totally forbid us to touch meat or wine, which they treat as impure.
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:
бо би велѣлъ богъ не дѣлати чловѣкомъ, то бꙑлиѥ жито би раждало и лѣсъ грозниѥ.- bo bi velělŭ bogŭ ne dělati člověkomŭ, to bylije žito bi raždalo i lěsŭ groznije.
- If God had ordered men not to work, plants would grow grain and woods grapes.
- wish
Conjugation
References
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София