ⱃⰰⰱⰵ

ⱃⰰⰱⰵ

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ).

Alternative forms

• Cyrillic: рабе (rabe)

Noun

ⱃⰰⰱⰵ (rabe) m

1. servant, slave
   • c. 1045, Iosif, graffito in St. Sophia cathedral:

     ⰳ҃ⰺ[ⱂⱁⰿⱁⰸⰺ] / ⱃⰰⰱ[ⱆ] / ⰺⱁⱄⰺ[ⱇⱆ]

     Lord help / his servant / Iosif

References

• Савва Михайлович (2012), “22 Древнерусских глаголических надписи-граффити XI–XII веков из Новгорода” in Slovo, vol. 62, pp. 63-99.