солове

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1280‒1300. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solvъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *salˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European *solH-wos, from *solH-. Cognate with Old East Slavic соловъ (solovŭ), Old Ruthenian соло́вый (solóvyj).

Adjective

солове • (solove)

  1. (hapax legomenon) yellowish-gray
    • c. 1280‒1300, Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 51 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 51]‎[1], Staraya Russa:
      ѿ маѯима къ онании · поведи кони ·г҃· соловои · боурꙑи орка ї седла въꙁмї а спроста поѥди ·
      otŭ maksima kŭ onanii · povedi koni 3 solovoi · buryi orka i sedla vŭzmi a sprosta pojedi ·
      From Maxim to Onania. Bring three horses: yellowish-gray, brown and Orek, and take the saddles. And come immediately.

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