Lexicon of Old Church Slavonic Verbs

Verbs based on root *born-

vъz-branjati
3sg.prs vъzbranjaetъ (i-aje-stem), 2/3sg.aor vъzbranja (i-a-stem)
Leskien class III
ipf aspect
intransitive
arguments: dat, gen, inf
prefix variation: vъz-, o- (ipf)

Mikl. also shows variants vъzbranivati (12th c.) and obranivati, suggesting stems in -ijevati

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braniti
3sg.prs branitъ (i-stem), 2/3sg.aor brani (i-stem)
Leskien class IV
ipf aspect
ambitransitive
arguments: acc, dat, inf
prefix variation: vъz-, za-, o-, otъ-, po-, u- (pf)

ESSJ (76): ʹhinderʹ, denominal of branь ʹbattleʹ, itself an abstract noun derived from brati (bor-)
the sense ʹdefendʹ with a direct acc object is found mostly later, e.g. sьnidetь ... b-ь ... ot lukavago branitь rodь čl-včьski ʹGod will descend to defend the mankind from the Evil Oneʹ (Homily on how Michael defeated Satanael, link)

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Examples in the corpus: bran branja otbranja vъzbranja zabranja

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