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пѧсть

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Old Church Slavonic

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Noun

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пѧсть (pęstĭf (East Church Slavonic)

  1. fist
    • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Exodus 21.18:
      […] А҆́ще же свари́тасѧ дв̂а мꙋжа. и҆ ꙋ҆да́ритъ е҆ді́нъ дрꙋга́го ка́менемъ, и҆ли пѧ́стїю, и҆ не ꙋ҆мретъ, н̂о сей лѧ́жетъ на ѻ҆́дрѣ, а҆́ще же въста́въ мꙋжь.
      […] Ášte že svarítasę dv̂a muža. i udáritŭ edínŭ drugágo kámenemŭ, ili pę́stiju, i ne umretŭ, n̂o sej lę́žetŭ na ódrě, ášte že vŭstávŭ mužĭ.
      And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed…