кромѣ

Old Church Slavonic

Forest edge

Etymology

A locative case of Proto-Slavic *kroma (“edge, boundary”).

Preposition

кромѣ • (kromě)

1. outside, aside, away
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2364-2367:

     ꙗкоже бо и рꙑба кромѣ водꙑ сѫщи оумираѥтъ такоже и чрьньць отълѫчь сѧ манастꙑрꙗ погꙑбаѥтъ

     jakože bo i ryba kromě vody sǫšti umirajetŭ takože i črĭnĭcĭ otŭlǫčĭ sę manastyrja pogybajetŭ

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

A locative case of Proto-Slavic *kroma (“edge, boundary”).

Preposition

кромѣ (kromě)

1. outside, aside, away
   • lines 98-101, from the Primary Chronicle:

     а сама ѿиде кромѣ и повелѣ дружинѣ сѣчи деревлѧне.

     a sama otŭide kromě i povelě družině sěči derevlęne.

     Then she stepped out and commanded her troop to cut down the Dervelians.

   • Excerpt from the Story of Boris and Gleb, line 15:

     Съ Гєоргꙇя же не могуще съняти гривьны и отсѣкъше главу, отъвьргоша и кромѣ.

     Sŭ Georgija že ne mogušte sŭnjati grivĭny i otsěkŭše glavu, otŭvĭrgoša i kromě.

     Unable to remove the necklace from George and having cut off his head, they cast him aside.

References

• Old Russian: Base Form Dictionary