бъдѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъděti (“to be awake”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *budḗˀtei.

Verb

бъдѣти • (bŭděti) impf

1. watch over, vigil
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 192-196:

     нъ чьто глаголѭтъ еретици мꙑ паче васъ бога молимъ и бъдимъ и молимъ сѧ а не живемъ въ лѣности ꙗкоже и вꙑ

     nŭ čĭto glagoljǫtŭ eretici my pače vasŭ boga molimŭ i bŭdimŭ i molimŭ sę a ne živemŭ vŭ lěnosti jakože i vy

     What do the heretics say? ‘We pray to God more than you do, we keep vigils and prayers, we do not live in laziness as you do.’

Further reading

• “бъдѣти”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024