питѣти

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Old Church Slavonic

питѣти

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pitěti, related to *pitati, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt- (food, nutrition).

Verb

питѣти (pitětiimpf

  1. to feed
    • Luke 12:24, from Codex Marianus, 3122400-3122410:
      съмотрите вранъ ѣко не сѣѭтъ ни жьнѭтъ · ꙇмьже нѣстъ съкровишта · ни хранилишта · и б꙯ъ питѣатъ ѭ ·
      sŭmotrite vranŭ ěko ne sějǫtŭ ni žĭnjǫtŭ · imĭže něstŭ sŭkrovišta · ni xranilišta · i b:ŭ pitěatŭ jǫ ·
      Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them.
  2. to nourish
    • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
      Вьсѣмъ же нищиимъ добра творꙗаше, нагꙑѩ одѣвааше, лачѫщѧѩ питѣаше, страньнꙑѩ приѥмл҄ꙗаше по еванћельскоу гласоу.
      He would perform good deeds among all the poor, clothe the naked, nourish the hungry, take in strangers according to the word of the evangel.

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References

  • Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti, Vienna
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София