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]‎ (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 ·
      Bystŭ že vŭ dĭni ty · i҅zide povelěnie · o꙼tŭ kʹesara a꙼vŭgusta · napisati vĭsǫ vĭselʹenǫjǫ ·
      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, София
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