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Frisian, a. and n.|ˈfrɪzɪən|
[f. L. Frīsi-ī pl. (ad. the native name: OFris. Frise, Frese, MDu. Vriese (Du. Vries), OHG. Friaso, Frieso, OE. Frísa, Frésa wk. n., a Frisian) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the people of Friesland.
B. n.
a. An inhabitant of Friesland.
b. The language of Friesland.
1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. xi. vi. 147 The Frisian nation..rebelled after the ouerthrow of L. Apronius. 1601Holland Pliny II. 212 The Frisians, neere vnto whom we lay incamped, shewed our men this herb. 1875Whitney Life Lang. x. 181 English literary monuments go back to the seventh century..and Frisian literature from the fourteenth. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1472 The rigorous party was again divided into Vlamingen and Frisians. |