Wendish

American  

[wen-dish] / ˈwɛn dɪʃ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Wends or their language; Sorbian.

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noun

1. Sorbian.

Wendish British  

/ ˈwɛndɪʃ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Wends

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noun

1. the West Slavonic language of the Wends See also Sorbian

Etymology

Origin of Wendish

1605–15; < German wendisch, equivalent to Wende Wend + -isch -ish ¹

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Example Sentences

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Wendish

Though the Wends are now dispersed, records of their migration survive in their language, known, naturally enough, as Wendish.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then presently we came to a strange place, the like of which I have never seen, save here on the borders of the Mark and the northern Wendish lands.

From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Then one of the Wendish leaders, Zwentibold by name, gathered once more the bravest of his people to make a stormy effort for the banner of the cross.

From Pine Needles by Susan Warner

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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Absalon, disdaining to answer them, leads his ships in single file straight for the gap where the Wendish fleet lies waiting, and gets the King to attack with his horsemen on shore.

From Hero Tales of the Far North by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

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