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
The destruction of this chief sally-port of the Wendish pirates enabled Absalon considerably to reduce the Danish fleet.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The gradual advance of German colonisation had weakened the Wendish resistance and prepared the way for this restoration of Christianity.
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)
As the Wendish tribes had practically no cities or recognised markets, the new establishment on the banks of the Oder soon grew to be of great commercial as well as of military importance.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
In that case by many bargains, some with bloody crowns, it had been settled, If the Wendish Dukes died out, the country was to fall to Brandenburg;—and here they were dead.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas
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