оустьѥ

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ustьje. Cognate with Old East Slavic устье (ustĭje), Old Ruthenian устьє (ustʹje), Old Polish uście, Old Czech ústie.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: оус‧ть‧ѥ

Noun

оустьѥ • (ustĭje) n

1. mouth, rivermouth
   • c. 1100 – 1200, Counting tag “Ust-Yemtsa”^[1], Novgorod (Troitsky excavation):

     ꙋстье Ѣмьцѣ

     ustĭje Jěmĭcʹjě

     Ust-Yemtsa [literally “mouth of the Yemtsa River”].

Derived terms

proper nouns

• Оустьѥ Вага (Ustĭje Vaga) (toponym)
• Оустьѥ Ѣмьцꙗ (Ustĭje Jěmĭcʹja) (toponym)

Further reading

• “%D1%B9стиє”, in “East Slavic Epigraphy (Inscriptions) Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2026