варѧгъ

Old East Slavic

Варѧзи.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic варѧгъ (varęgŭ), from Ancient Greek Βάραγγος (Bárangos).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɑˈrɛ̃ɡʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋaˈrʲaɡʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋaˈrʲaɡ/
  • Hyphenation: ва‧рѧ‧гъ

Noun

варѧгъ (varęgŭ) m

  1. Varangian
    • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 2:
      по сєму жє морю сѣдѧть варѧꙁи сѣмо ко въстоку до прєдѣла симова.
      po semu že morju sědętĭ varęzi sěmo ko vŭstoku do preděla simova.
      And along this sea the Varyags lived, and thence to the east up to the border of Sim.

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: вара́гъ (varáh)
    • Belarusian: вара́г (varáh)
    • Rusyn: Варя́г (Varjáh)
    • Ukrainian: варя́г (varjáh)
  • Russian: варя́г (varjág)
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