Новъгороде

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

Нове городе (Nove gorode)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Новъгороде • (Novŭgorode) m

Novgorod (a city in Kievan Rus, Novgorod Republic)
Synonyms: Велике Новъгороде (Velike Novŭgorode), Господине Новъгороде (Gospodine Novŭgorode), Господине Велике Новъгороде (Gospodine Velike Novŭgorode)
- c. 1380‒1400, Kovalev, Roman K., 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 · ćelomŭ · korila · pogoskaję · kjulolaskaję i kjurijeskaję · gospodinu novugorodu · priobiženi jesmĭ · s nimećkoi · polovině · oćtina · naša · i diděna [otŭ](im)ana u vymolćovŭ 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 (novŭgorodĭćĭ, “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]‎^[2][3] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025