землѧ

Old East Slavic

Noun

землѧ (zemlęf

  1. alternative spelling of землꙗ (zemlja)
    • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex[1], page 1:
      кто въ києвѣ нача первѣє кнѧжит и ѿкуду рускаꙗ ꙁемлѧ стала єсть⁘
      kto vŭ kijevě nača pervěje knęžit i otŭkudu ruskaja zemlę stala jestĭ⁘
      Who in Kiev first started to reign and whence the Russian land has started to be.