кромѣ

Old Church Slavonic

Forest edge

Etymology

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

Preposition

кромѣ (kromě)

  1. outside, aside, away
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2364-2367:
      ꙗкоже бо и рꙑба кромѣ водꙑ сѫщи оумираѥтъ такоже и чрьньць отълѫчь сѧ манастꙑрꙗ погꙑбаѥтъ
      jakože bo i ryba kromě vody sǫšti umirajetŭ takože i črĭnĭcĭ otŭlǫčĭ sę manastyrja pogybajetŭ
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Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Preposition

кромѣ (kromě)

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

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