кромѣ

кромѣ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

A locative case of Proto-Slavic *kroma (“edge, boundary”).

Preposition

кромѣ • (kromě)

1. outside, far away, on the side, against
   • lines 98-101, from the Primary Chronicle:

     а сама ѿиде кромѣ и повелѣ дружинѣ сѣчи деревлѧне.

     a sama otŭide kromě i povelě družině sěči derevlęne.

     Then she stepped out and commanded her troop to cut down the Dervelians.

   • Excerpt from the Story of Boris and Gleb, line 15:

     Съ Гєоргꙇя же не могуще съняти гривьны и отсѣкъше главу, отъвьргоша и кромѣ.

     Sŭ Georgꙇja že ne mogušte sŭnjati grivĭny i otsěkŭše glavu, otŭvĭrgoša i kromě.

     Unable to remove the necklace from George and having cut off his head, they cast him aside.

References

• Old Russian: Base Form Dictionary