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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫdrostь, from *mǫdrъ (wise). By surface analysis, мѫдръ (mǫdrŭ) +‎ -ость (-ostĭ).

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мѫдрость (mǫdrostĭf

  1. wisdom
    • from Vita Constantini, 0900500-0900530:
      вꙑ оубо книгꙑ дрьжеще въ рꙋкꙋ, ѡть нихь въсе притъче глаголѥте; мꙑ же не тако, нъ ѡть пръсꙇи все моудрости ꙗко погльщьше износимь ѥ.
      vy ubo knigy drĭžešte vŭ ruku, otĭ nixĭ vŭse pritŭče glagoljete; my že ne tako, nŭ otĭ prŭsii vse mudrosti jako poglĭštĭše iznosimĭ je.
      Why is it you hold the Scriptures in hand, and recite all parables from it? However, we do not do so, but take all wisdom from the heart as though it were absorbed.

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  • Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994.
  • Андрей Бояджиев, Старобългарска читанка, София, 2016.