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Yarovit

Yarovit proper noun: polabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg.

Proper noun

Yarovit (plural Yarovits)

  1. (Slavic mythology) Polabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg.
    • god Yarovit
    • But a clergyman named Dietrich, who had gone ahead of them and had approached the doors of the temple, not knowing where to turn, boldly burst into the shrine itself, and, seeing a golden shield hanging on the wall which had been dedicated to Yarovit, their god of war, and which they considered it...1151, Ebo, chapter 3.8, in Vita Ottonis episcopi bambergensis [Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg]

Forms of Yarovit

pluralYarovits
alternative formIarovit
alternative formYerovit
alternative formIerovit

Origin of Yarovit

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Gerovit (possibly via Slavic languages), from Old Polabian *Jerovit, from Old Polabian equivalents of Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“vigorous, strong”) + *-o- + *-vitъ.

Questions about Yarovit

What does Yarovit mean?
Yarovit means polabian god of war worshipped in Wolgast and Havelberg.
What part of speech is Yarovit?
Yarovit is a proper noun.

Words near Yarovit in the dictionary

  1. yaroslavite
  2. Yaroslavl
  3. Yaroslavl'
  4. Yaroslavychi
  5. Yarosz
  6. Yarovit
  7. yarovization
  8. yarovize
  9. yarovized
  10. yarovizes
  11. yarovizing

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