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Old Novgorodian
Etymology
Old Novgorodian ѣмена (jěmena)
Plural of *ѣмѧ (*jěmę), inherited from Proto-Slavic *ědmę.[1][2][3] First attested in c. 1140‒1160. Cognate with Old East Slavic ѣмена (jěmena).
Pronunciation
Noun
ѣмена • (jěmena) n pl[4]
- grain intended for food
- сѣмена и ѣмена ― sěmena i jěmena ― seeds and foods
c. 1140‒1160, Берестяная грамота № 556, Novgorod:… (к)ромѣ сѣме[н]а и ѣм(ена) …- … (k)romě sěme[n]a i jěm(ena) …
- except seeds and foods
c. 1420‒1430, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43), Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 755, Novgorod:… и велѣлъ ми старѣшѣи мои и сѣмѧна и ѣмѧна молотить ваша …- … i velělŭ mi starěšěi moi i sěmęna i jěmęna molotitĭ vaša …
- My boss has ordered me to thresh all your grain (literally: your grain for sowing and for consumption)
References
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2021) “éмены”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 337
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ědmę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 41
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ědmę”, in Słownik prasłowiański (in Polish), volume 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 119
- ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 819
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