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Alemannic, a. and n.|æləˈmænɪk|
Also formerly All-, -anic.
[ad. late L. Alemannicus, f. Alemannī pl., Gr. ἀλαµανοί, ad. Germ. *Alamanniz, prob. f. all + man n.1 and so denoting a wide alliance of peoples.]
The name of a confederation of Germanic tribes occupying the territory between the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube; also, of the dialects of Old High German spoken by them or the modern representatives of these in Alsace, Switzerland, and S.W. Germany. Also Aleˈmannian a. and n.; Aleˈmannish [after G. Alemannisch(e], a. and n.
1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. xi. 310 Aurelian had chosen these veteran troops..whose valour had been severely tried in the Alemannic war. 1797Encycl. Brit. I. 469/2 Allemannic language. 1813Q. Rev. 258 German, Himina. Alemannish, Himil. Classical German, Himmel. 1814J. Jamieson (title) Hermes Scythicus: or, the radical affinities of the Greek and Latin languages to the Gothic: illustrated from the Moeso-Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Francic, Alemannic. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIV. 268/1 Suabian branch [of modern High German]... Allemannic, commonly so called in the south-west corner of the Black Forest. 1879Encycl. Brit. X. 517/2 For Bavarian we may quote some old glossaries, for Alemannian the interlineary versions of the Benedictine Rule. Ibid. 519/2 Alemannian is best characterized by its rigidly keeping its original vowel qualities. 1888Wright O.H.G. Primer 1 Upper German, spoken in the highlands of South Germany, and consisting of the Alemanic and Bavarian dialects. 1934Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. ii. vii. 326 The Alemannic Group includes Swabian. 1951E. S. Duckett Alcuin iii. 98 The new Queen, Liutgard, was of Alemannian origin. |