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Text collection: Gram. 
Birchbark Documents from Novgorod

(Gramoty)


On the basis of the original manuscripts
electronically edited (in transliteration and rough transcription) by
I.A. Gerasimov, A.V. Sannikov, and M. Yasinskaya,
Moscow 1999-2002;
TITUS version by Jost Gippert,
Frankfurt a/M, 11.8.2010



FULL VERSION TRANSLITERATION TABLE (signed with "f")

   а   az
   я   iotated az
   б   buki
   в   vede
   г   glagol'
   д   dobro
   е   jest'
   э   iotated jest'
   Е   wide jest'
   ж   živete
   ѕ   zelo
   ӡ   zeml'a
   и   iže (octal i)
   і   i (decimal i)
   ї   i with two upper dots
   і   decimal i without dot
   к   kako
   л   l'udije
   м   myslete
   н   naš
   о   on
   п   pokoi
   р   rci
   с   slovo
   т   tverdo
   оу   uk as a ligature
   ѹ   uk as o + ižica
   ф   fert
   ѳ   fita
   х   xer
   ѡ   o (omega)
   щ   šča
   ц   ci
   ч   červ'
   ш   ša
   ъ   jer
   ь   jer'
   ы   jery
   ѣ   jat'
   ю   ju
   ѧ   small jus
   ѩ   iotated small jus
   ѫ   big jus
   ѭ   iotated big jus
   ѯ   ksi
   Ѱ   psi
   ѵ   ižica
   ѡ   wide 'on'
   ѡ·   narrow 'on' with inner dot
   ѡ·   wide 'on' with inner dot
   Ѫ   two-legged big jus
   ѡт   ot, o with upper tverd'
   ^   before a whole word: the word is under a titlo
   ^   inside a word: the following letter is above the line
   _   inside the word: the following letter is upperscript
   .   point (period)
   :   two points
   .:.   four points as rhomb (.((
   ::   four points
   +   cross (at the beginning of the text)
   ?   not reliable reading
   !x   note a misspelling: x is misspelled; after '|' <...=...> misspelled letter = corrected letter
   x/y!   writer changed x for y without striking out x
   [...]   most probable reading
   (...)   pure conjecture (original is not readable)
   \\   sign separating importent parts of the text, more often used in registers
   \   line boundary: beginning/end of birch (if needed)
   =   hyphenation: the remaining part of word is continued on the next line
   ..., (...)   place of rupture
   -   the letter lost, without possible conjecture given. Number of dashes = number of not identifiable letters


LINGUISTIC VERSION TRANSLITERATION TABLE (signed with "s")
   Misspellings, hyphenation, brackets and other non-letter signs eliminated.

   а   az
   я   iotated az, small jus, iotated small jus
   б   buki
   в   vede
   г   glagol'
   д   dobro
   е   jest' with all variants
   э   iotated jest'
   ж   živete
   ѕ   zelo
   ӡ   zeml'a
   и   iže (octal i)
   і   i (decimal i) with all variants
   к   kako
   л   l'udije
   м   myslete
   н   naš
   о   on with all variants, omega
   п   pokoi
   р   rci
   с   slovo
   т   tverdo
   у   uk as a ligature, as o + ižica or ižitsa + o, big jus, ižitsa
   ф   fert
   ѳ   fita
   х   xer
   щ   šča
   ц   ci
   ч   červ'
   ш   ša
   ъ   jer
   ь   jer'
   ы   jery
   ѣ   jat'
   ю   ju, iotated big jus
   ^   inside the word: the following letter is upperscript
   ?   not reliable reading
   x!   possible misspelling
   x/y   two possible interpretations of the spelling
   (...)   pure conjecture (original is not readable)
   ..., (...)   place of rupture
   -   the letter lost, without possible conjecture given. Number of dashes = number of not identifiable letters

Note: in XVth century texts jer after consonants in word final position is eliminated for the simplification of transliteration (though it was not pronounced since end of XIIth -- beginning of XIIIth c.)






Document: 109 
No. 109
(end of XI - mid. of XII)


Version: f 
Line: 1    грамота : ѡтъ жиӡномира : къ микѹле :
Line: 2    кѹпилъ еси : робѹ : плъскове : а ныне мѧ :
Line: 3    въ томъ : ѧла кънѧгыни : а ныне сѧ дрѹ-
Line: 4    жина : по мѧ порѹчила : а ныне ка : посъ-
Line: 5    ли къ томѹ : мѹжеви : грамотѹ : е ли
Line: 6    ѹ него роба : а се ти хочѹ : коне кѹпи-
Line: 7    въ : и кънѧжъ мѹжъ въсадивъ : та на съ-
Line: 8    воды : а ты атче еси не въӡалъ кѹнъ :
Line: 9    техъ : а не емли : ничъто же ѹ него :

Version: s 
Line: 1    грамота отъ жиӡномира къ микуле
Line: 2    купилъ еси робу пльсковѣ а нынѣ мя
Line: 3    въ томь яла кънягыни а нынѣ ся дружина
Line: 4    по мя поручила а нынѣ ка посъли
Line: 5    къ тому мужеви грамоту е ли
Line: 6    у него роба а се ти хочу конь/ѣ купивъ
Line: 7    и къняжь мужь въсадивъ та на съводы
Line: 8    а ты атче еси не въӡялъ кунъ тѣхъ
Line: 9    а не емли ничьто же у него




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