Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *divъ.

Noun edit

дивъ (divŭm

  1. astonishment
  2. wonder
    • from Vita Constantini, 0605400-0605410:
      и по сихꙿ же показаше ѥмоу дивꙑ твореще врьтоградь насаждень иногда ѡть землѥ изникноуще.
      i po sixꙿ že pokazaše jemu divy tvorešte vrĭtogradĭ nasaždenĭ inogda otĭ zemlje izniknušte.
      And afterwards, playing games, they showed him a cultivated garden in which some of the things appeared to have at once sprung from the earth.

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