Wendish
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Wendish
1605–15; < German wendisch, equivalent to Wende Wend + -isch -ish 1
Example Sentences
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Though the Wends are now dispersed, records of their migration survive in their language, known, naturally enough, as Wendish.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was under the auspices of Henry the Lion, now Duke of Saxony, that Berno preached to the Obotrites, converting the Wendish Prince and becoming Bishop of Mecklenburg.
From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)
At first I thought that perhaps they spoke not the common dialect, and that as we were travelling towards regions roughly Wendish and but lately heathen, they might have some uncouth speech of their own.
From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
The first known meeting of the “maritime towns,” later known as the Wendish group and including L�beck, Hamburg, L�neburg, Wismar, Rostock and Stralsund, took place in 1256.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
The separate towns, usually upon a request of the Lubeck council, would send their deputies to confer jointly upon matters affecting the league, these conferences or diets usually being held in some Wendish city.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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