въселенаꙗ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From въселенъ (vŭselenŭ). Calque of Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē).

Noun

въселенаꙗ • (vŭselenaja) f

1. inhabited world, ecumene
   • “ⰲⱐⱄⰵⰾⰵⱀⱘⱙ (leaf 136.5, line 8)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Lk:2:1:

     Бꙑстъ же въ дьни тꙑ · ꙇ҅зиде повелѣние · о꙼тъ к҄есара а꙼въгꙋста · написати вьсѫ вьсел҄енѫѭ ·

     Now it happened in those days (that) a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to take a census of (literally, “write down”) the entire inhabited world.

Descendants

• → Macedonian: вселена (vselena)
• Bulgarian: вселена (vselena)
• → Serbo-Croatian: васељена
• → Russian: вселенная (vselennaja)

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[2], София