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Old Church Slavonic
Verb
покрꙑти • (pokryti) pf
- to cover, hide
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1194-1198:
тако и еретици покрꙑваѭтъ лицемѣрьнꙑимь съмирениѥмь и постомь ꙗдъ свои- tako i eretici pokryvajǫtŭ liceměrĭnyimĭ sŭmirenijemĭ i postomĭ jadŭ svoi
- so heretics cloak their poison under hypocritical humility and fasts
1581, Ostrog Bible, Psalms 104.9:Предѣлъ положи, е҆гоже не пре́идꙋт꙽, ниже ѻ҆братѧ́тсѧ покрыти зе́млю·- Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.