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Wendish, a. and n.|ˈwɛndɪʃ|
Also 7, 9 Windish, 9 Vendish, Vindish.
[f. Wend n. + -ish, or ad. G. Wendisch, Windisch.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Wends.
1614[see voivode β]. 1788Engl. Rev. Dec. 479 The people..are called in Saxony Wenden, i.e. Wendts, or Vandals, or Wendish. 1790Dornford Pütter's Develop. Germ. Emp. III. Index, Wendish or Venedic countries. 1822Downes Lett. fr. Mecklenburg 157 Pribislaus, a Wendish chief. 1822Encycl. Brit. Suppl. V. 242 The Wendish dialect of the Sclavonian. 1892Doughty Wherry in Wendish Lands 113 Country places are still known by their Wendish names.
B. n. The language of the Wends, esp. the Sorabian tongue spoken in Saxony.
1617Moryson Itin. i. 68 In the villages of Carinthia..the Countrey people speake Wendish, or the tongue of the old Vandals. 1788Engl. Rev. Dec. 480 Every Saturday one of them preaches, in Wendish, a sermon in the university church. 1822Encycl. Brit. Suppl. V. 243 A language consisting of a mixture of Wendish and German. 1887Morfill in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 150/1 The Slovenes are sometimes called ‘Wends’ and their language ‘Windish’ or ‘Wendish’. 191519th Century Nov. 1045 Carniola, where Vendish, a Slav dialect, is spoken. |