въсхотѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xotěti.

Verb

въсхотѣти (vŭsxotěti) ?

  1. want, wish, desire
    • Excerpt from the Story of Boris and Gleb, lines 1-20:
      Како не въсхотѣ славы мꙇра сего, како не въсхотѣ веселитися съ чьстьныими вельможами, како не въсхотѣ величꙇя, еже въ житꙇи семь.
      Kako ne vŭsxotě slavy mꙇra sego, kako ne vŭsxotě veselitisja sŭ čĭstĭnyimi velĭmožami, kako ne vŭsxotě veličꙇja, eže vŭ žitꙇi semĭ.
      Oh how he wanted not the glory of this world! How he wanted not to be merry with the venerable aristocrats! How he wanted not the greatness which was in this life!

Conjugation

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