влъхвъ

Old Church Slavonic

Oleg meets the volkhv. Painting by Viktor Vasnetsov.

Etymology

From влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”).

Noun

влъхвъ • (vlŭxvŭ) m, pl. влъсви (vlŭsvi)

1. wiseman, sage
   • from the Codex Assemanius, 1020700-1020710:

     Тогда и́родъ таи́ призьвавъ вльх́въи · и́сп҅ъіта ѡт꙯ ніхъ · врѣмѧ ѣ́вльшѧѩ́ сѧ ѕв́ѣздъі ·

     Togda írodŭ taí prizĭvavŭ vlĭx́vy · ísp҅ŭita ot꙯ nixŭ · vrěmę ě́vlĭšęję́ sę dzv́ězdŭi ·

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2. wizard, sorcerer, mage
3. fortune teller, clairvoyant, magician
4. (paganism) a priest

Derived terms

• влъхвование (vlŭxvovanie)
• влъхволюбие (vlŭxvoljubie)
• влъшьба (vlŭšĭba)
• влъшьствиѥ (vlŭšĭstvije)
• влъшьство (vlŭšĭstvo)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: влъхва (vlǎhva)
• Slovene: volh

References

• Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994
• Old Church Slavonic: An Elementary Grammar by S. C. Gardiner, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София