медвѣдьно

• медвидно (medvidno) — Late Old Novgorodian

First attested in c. 1200–1220. From nominative neuter singular form of *медвѣдьне (*medvědĭne), from Proto-Slavic *medvědьnъ (“bear’s, ursine”).

Cognates include Old Ruthenian медвѣ́дно (medvě́dno), Middle Russian медвѣ́дно (medvě́dno, “bearskin”).

• Hyphenation: ме‧двѣ‧дь‧но

медвѣдьно • (medvědĭno) n^[1]

2. bearskin, bearhide
   • c. 1200 – 1220, Birch bark letter no. 722^[1], Novgorod (Troitsky excavation, Estate P):

     […] мьдьвѣдьно :в҃: гривьнѣ

     […] mĭdĭvědĭno 2 grivĭně

     […] bearskin ‒ 2 grivnas

   • c. 1300 – 1320, Birch bark letter no. 65^[2], Novgorod (Nerevsky excavation, Estate B):

     поклно ѿ матвиѧ ко ѥсиѳу ко давидову : вꙑвези ми :в҃: медведна · да веретиш^а : да попонь : […]

     poklno otŭ matviję ko jesiθu ko davidovu : vyvezi mi 2 medvedna · da veretiš^a : da poponĭ : […]

     A greeting from Matvey to Esif Davidov. Bring me two bearskins, canvas curtains, and horse blankets... […]

   • c. 1340 – 1360, Birch bark letter no. 354^[3], Novgorod (Nerevsky excavation, Estate I):

     […] · да пошли […] веретища михи и медвидно · […]

     […] · da pošli […] veretisʹcʹa mixi i medvidno · […]

     […] And also send […] spindles, sacks and a bearskin […]

• “медвѣдно”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2026