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Wittekind

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[vit-uh-kint] / ˈvɪt əˌkɪnt /

noun

  1. died a.d. 807?, Westphalian chief: leader of the Saxons against Charlemagne.


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Gumrukcu’s husband, William Anderson Wittekind, of Los Angeles, also declined to comment.

From Seattle Times

The one of them in Westphalia was named Wittekind; the other in Eastphalia was named Albion, also called Alboin.

From Project Gutenberg

Where are your brave leaders, Wittekind and Albion?

From Project Gutenberg

They go into his apartment; there he dismisses the attendants, goes up to Wittekind and Albion, offers them his hand like a brother and says: 'Welcome to my citadel, you brave Saxon heroes!

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Wittekind and Alboin are baptized, § 78, 9.

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