влъхвъ

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Old Church Slavonic

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Oleg meets the volkhv. Painting by Viktor Vasnetsov.

Etymology

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From влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”).

Noun

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влъхвъ • (vlŭxvŭ) m, pl. влъсви (vlŭsvi)

  1. wiseman, sage
    • from the Codex Assemanius, 1020700-1020710:
      Тогда и́родъ таи́ призьвавъ вльх́въи · и́сп҅ъіта ѡт꙯ ніхъ · врѣмѧ ѣ́вльшѧѩ́ сѧ ѕв́ѣздъі ·
      Togda írodŭ taí prizĭvavŭ vlĭx́vy · ísp҅yta ot: nixŭ · vrěmę ě́vlĭšęję́ sę dzv́ězdy ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      "Then Herod called the mage and drew out of him when the star was (came)" Matthew 2:7
  2. wizard, sorcerer, mage
  3. fortune teller, clairvoyant, magician
  4. (paganism) a priest

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bulgarian: влъхва (vlǎhva)
  • Slovene: volh

References

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  • Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994
  • Old Church Slavonic: An Elementary Grammar by S. C. Gardiner, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎[1], София
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