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Etymology edit

First attested in year 1100±100 as бѫдѣмъ (bǫděmŭ) in Psalterium Tolstoianum.

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бѫдѣмь (bǫděmĭ)

  1. first-person singular optative of бꙑти (byti)

Usage notes edit

Attested in Church Slavonic psalters with commentaries from ?Hesychius of Jerusalem, ?Theodoret of Cyrus:

  1. бѫдѣмъ (bǫděmŭ) in Psalterium Tolstoianum (year 1100±100)
  2. бѫдѣмъ (bǫděmŭ) in Psalterium Bononiense (year 1235±6)
  3. бѫдѣмь (bǫděmĭ) in Psalterium Pogodianum (year 1183±17 or 1300±33)[1]
  4. бѫдѣмь (bǫděmĭ) in Psalterium Sofiense (year 1337)
  5. боудемь (budemĭ) in Psalterium Bucurestinum (year 1346?)

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