меꙁа

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Old Pskovian s–sh and z–zh merger ‒ “shokanye” («шоканье») or lisping.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ме‧за

Noun

меꙁа • (meźa) f

  1. Old Pskovian form of межа (meža, “border, boundary”)
    • c. 1140 – 1220, Boundary stone of Vorotka[1], Izborsk (Truvor's Hillfort):
      меꙁѧ ¶ насѧ чсть Воротьк[ов]а
      mezę ¶ nasę ćstĭ Vorotĭk[ov]a
      Boundary. Our part, [part] of Vorotka.

References

  1. ^ DND2, §2.14 page 52
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