Old Novgorodian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ).

Noun edit

ⱃⰰⰱⰵ (rabem

  1. 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 edit

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