ⱃⰰⰱⰵ

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

• Cyrillic: рабе (rabe)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ).

Noun

ⱃⰰⰱⰵ • (rabe) m

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

     ⰳ҃ⰺ[ⱂⱁⰿⱁⰸⰺ] / ⱃⰰⰱ[ⱆ] / ⰺⱁⱄⰺ[ⱇⱆ]

     g:i[pomozi] / rab[u] / iosi[fu]

     Lord help / his servant / Iosif

References

• Mikheev, S. M. (2012) “22 Древнерусских глаголических надписи-граффити XI–XII веков из Новгорода”, in Slovo (in Russian), volume 62, Zagreb, page 63‒99