съторове

Old Novgorodian

FWOTD – 18 May 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ by pleophony. Cognate with Russian здоро́вый (zdoróvyj).

Adjective

съторове (sŭtorove)

1. healthy
   • c. 1120–1140 Novgorod birch-bark letters, document № 852:

     а боуде сторовъ кнѧꙁь дать да о васъ промꙑслимъ

     a bude storovŭ knęzĭ datĭ da o vasŭ promyslimŭ

     And if the prince be healthy, let us look after you.

References

• “852 (letter no. )”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024