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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
по- (po-) + велѣти (velěti)
Verb
повелѣти • (povelěti) pf
- to command
- lines 56-58, from the Primary Chronicle:
ѡльга же повелѣ ископати ꙗму велику и глубоку на дворѣ теремьстѣмь внѣ града.- olĭga že povelě iskopati jamu veliku i gluboku na dvorě teremĭstěmĭ vně grada.
- But Olga ordered a hole to be dug wide and deep in the tower court outside of the city.
- from Vita Constantini, 1202000-1202010:
тако же гладъкꙑми словеси оуглаголавь ихь повелѣ имь посѣщи дрѣво и съжещи.- tako že gladŭkymi slovesi uglagolavĭ ixĭ povelě imĭ posěšti drěvo i sŭžešti.
- And thus, having persuaded them with sweet words, he commanded them to cut down and burn the tree.
Conjugation