влъхвъ

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Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Oleg meets the volkhv. Painting by Viktor Vasnetsov.

Etymology[edit]

From влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, to stutter).

Noun[edit]

влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭm, pl. влъсви (vlŭsvi)

  1. wiseman, sage
    • from the Codex Assemanius, 1020700-1020710:
      Тогда и́родъ таи́ призьвавъ вльх́въи · и́сп҅ъіта ѡт꙯ ніхъ · врѣмѧ ѣ́вльшѧѩ́ сѧ ѕв́ѣздъі ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. wizard, sorcerer, mage
  3. fortune teller, clairvoyant, magician
  4. (paganism) a priest

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Bulgarian: влъхва (vlǎhva)
  • Slovene: volh

References[edit]

  • Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994
  • Old Church Slavonic: An Elementary Grammar by S. C. Gardiner, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[1], София