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Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “медвѣдь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 121
и былъ нѣꙗкъ раненъ ѡт медьведѧ дикого ― i byl nějak ranen ot medʹvedja dikoho ― and was somehow wounded by a wild bear
в пущи Смєдинскои звєръ бываєть мєдвєди, лоси и свини ― v pušči Smjedinskoi zvjer byvajetʹ mjedvjedi, losi i svini ― in the Smedinsky thick forest, there is a animals: bears, moose and pigs
приходил левъ або медвѣдь и поривал барана зпосеред череды ― prixodil lev abo medvědʹ i porival barana zposered čeredy ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
ꙗко медведь вздраженыⸯ ― jako medvedʹ vzdraženyj ― like an angry bear
а єще дꙗкъ на покутѣ от ꙗкъ ведмѣдь сидит ― a ješče djak na pokutě ot jak vedmědʹ sidit ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
розюшоний козакъ ꙗкъ недвѣдь ― rozjušonij kozak jak nedvědʹ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*medvědь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65: “ст.-блр. медведь ― st.-blr. medvedʹ”
^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ведмідь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 343
^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “ведмідь”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 331: “MUk. ведмѣдь (XVIII c.), ведмедя (XVIII c.)”
^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1991), “мядзве́дзь”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 7 (мгла – не́марасць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, →ISBN, page 130
Further reading
Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “медвѣдь”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 203
Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “медведь, медьведь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 297
Bulyka, A. M., editor (2001), “недведь, недведзь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 20 (невагаючийся – никогды), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 65
Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “медвѣдь, медвѣдъ, медьведь”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 88
Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “недвѣдь”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 481
