повелѣти
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Verb
повелѣти • (povelěti) pf
- to command
- lines 56-58, from the Primary Chronicle:
- ѡльга же повелѣ ископати ꙗму велику и глубоку на дворѣ теремьстѣмь внѣ града.
- olĭga že povelě iskopati jamu veliku i gluboku na dvorě teremĭstěmĭ vně grada.
- But Olga ordered a hole to be dug wide and deep in the tower court outside of the city.
- from Vita Constantini, 1202000-1202010:
- тако же гладъкꙑми словеси оуглаголавь ихь повелѣ имь посѣщи дрѣво и съжещи.
- tako že gladŭkymi slovesi uglagolavĭ ixĭ povelě imĭ posěšti drěvo i sŭžešti.
- And thus, having persuaded them with sweet words, he commanded them to cut down and burn the tree.
- lines 56-58, from the Primary Chronicle: