օձահալած

Old Armenian

Etymology

օձ (ōj) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ հալածեմ (halacem)

Adjective

օձահալած • (ōjahalac)

  1. driving away serpents
    • 1350 – 1425, Aṙakʿel Siwnecʿi, Eulogy on Grigor Tatʿewacʿi :[1]
      զգեղեցկայարմար շրթունսն. զերկնակառոյց բազուկն, եւ զշնորհաբաշխ աջն. զպնտակազմ անդամսն, եւ զանսահելի ոտսն. զօձահալած գարշապարն, եւ զերկնաթռիչ գնացսն
      zgełecʿkayarmar šrtʿunsn. zerknakaṙoycʿ bazukn, ew zšnorhabašx aǰn. zpntakazm andamsn, ew zansaheli otsn. zōjahalac garšaparn, ew zerknatʿṙičʿ gnacʿsn
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        beautifully shaped lips, his arm of heavenly construction, his right hand distributing favors, his firmly formed limbs and unwavering legs, his heel which trod on serpents, and his steps soaring heavenward

Further reading
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “օձահալած”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “օձահալած”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

References
  1. Cowe, S. Peter (2019), “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 73
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