преже

Old East Slavic

Adverb

преже (preže)

  1. alternative spelling of прѣже (prěže)
    • 14th c., Merilo Pravednoye: Trinity copy‎[1], page 10:
      Б҃ъ ѥсть надъ всѣми вѣки. и преже бꙑтьꙗ всеꙗ твари. и преже свѣта разѵмнагѡ.
      B:ŭ jestĭ nadŭ vsěmi věki. i preže bytĭja vseja tvari. i preže světa razümnago.
      God is above all lives. And before the existance of all creation. And before the rational world.

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “прѣже”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1646
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