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и обрѣтꙿ же тоу еꙋаггелꙇе и ѱалтирь, росьскꙑ писмень писано, и чловѣка ѡбрѣть глаголюща тою бесѣдою и бесѣдовавь съ нимь и силоу рѣчи приѥмь.
And he found there the Gospels and the Psalter written in Russian letters. And he also found a man who spoke that language. And having conversed with him and acquiring the power of his speech.
from Codex Marianus, 1070700-1070710:
Просите и дастъ сѧ вамъ · ꙇ҅щѣте и обрѧщете · тлъцѣте и отвръзетъ сѧ вамъ ·
Prosite i dastŭ sę vamŭ · i҅štěte i obręštete · tlŭcěte i otvrŭzetŭ sę vamŭ ·
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Андрей Бояджиев, Старобългарска читанка, София, 2016.
Further reading
А. К. Поливанова, editor (2013), “Глагол обрѣсти”, in Старославянский язык. Грамматика. Словари. (in Russian), Moscow: Университет Дмитрия Пожарского, page 346