Новъгороде

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Novъgordъ. Cognate with Old East Slavic Новъгородъ (Novŭgorodŭ), Russian Но́вгород (Nóvgorod).

Proper noun

Новъгороде (Novŭgorode) m

1. Novgorod (a city in Kievan Rus, Novgorod Republic)
   • c. 1380‒1400, Roman K. Kovalev, transl., Берестяная грамота № 248/249 [Birchbark letter no. 248/249]‎^[1], Novgorod:

     бѣють · челомъ · корила · погоскаѧ · кюлоласкаѧ и кюріѥскаѧ · господину новугороду · приѡбижени ѥсмь · с нимечкоі · половинѣ · ѡцтина · наша · и дидѣна [ѿ](им)ана оу вꙑмолчовъ господъ …

     bějutĭ · čelomŭ · korila · pogoskaę · kjulolaskaę i kjurijeskaę · gospodinu novugorodu · priobiženi jesmĭ · s nimečkoi · polovině · octina · naša · i diděna [ote](im)ana u vymolčovŭ gospodŭ …

     Greetings from Kalelians of the Kiulolakshskii and Kiur’iazhskii districts (pogosty) to Lord Novgorod. We suffered damages by [the people] from the German (Swedish) part [of Karelia]. Our fathers’ and grandfathers’ [property] was seized by the lords of Vymolets …

Derived terms

• новъгородьске (novŭgorodĭske, “pertaining to Novgorod”)
• новъгородьць m (novŭgorodĭcĭ, “Novgorodian”)
• новъгорожанине m (novŭgorožanine, “resident of Novgorod”)

Further reading

• “новугороду (letter no. 248/249), c. 1380‒1400”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024