врьтоградъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *urtigardaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards).

Noun

врьтоградъ • (vrĭtogradŭ) m

1. garden
   • 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.

Related terms

• врьтоградарь (vrĭtogradarĭ)