Sleswick

American  

[sles-wik] / ˈslɛs wɪk /

noun

1. Schleswig.

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Example Sentences

In return, Skirmen told them of his master's feats in the Sleswick war, and at tilts and jousts, and gave them a description of the magnificent tournament at Helsingborg, which he had himself seen.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

In the eighth century there was, and at the present moment there is, a portion of the duchy of Sleswick called Anglen or the corner.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

He also gives them three of the islands off the coasts of Holstein and Sleswick; though it is uncertain and unimportant which three he means.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Because, when true history begins, whatever the men of Anglen in Sleswick may have been, the intermediate parts of Holstein are Wagrian.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Bremen and Verden being actually purchased for George I. as the Elector of Hanover, with English money, Great Britain in addition was pledged by George I. to guarantee Sleswick to Denmark.

From The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick by Bradlaugh, Charles