ⱃⰰⰱⰵ

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

Cyrillic: рабе (rabe)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ).

Noun

ⱃⰰⰱⰵ (rabe) m

servant, slave
- c. 1045, Iosif, graffito in St. Sophia cathedral:
  ⰳ҃ⰺ[ⱂⱁⰿⱁⰸⰺ] / ⱃⰰⰱ[ⱆ] / ⰺⱁⱄⰺ[ⱇⱆ]
  g:i[pomozi] / rab[u] / iosi[fu]
  Lord help / his servant / Iosif

References

Савва Михайлович (2012), “22 Древнерусских глаголических надписи-граффити XI–XII веков из Новгорода” in Slovo, vol. 62, pp. 63-99.

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