Wendishadj.n.
/ˈwɛndɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈwɛndɪʃ/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Wends.
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Wendish1614
Vandalian1730
Sorabian1788
Wendic1856
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 249 That of Vaiuod or Uoiuod, vsd in other parts of the Eastern Europe, being, I think, a Slauonig, or Windish word.
1788 Eng. Rev. Dec. 479 The people..are called in Saxony Wenden, i.e. Wendts, or Vandals, or Wendish.
1790 J. Dornford tr. J. S. Pütter Hist. Devel. German Empire III. Index Wendish or Venedic countries.
1822 G. Downes Lett. from Mecklenburg 157 Pribislaus, a Wendish chief.
1822 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. V. 242 The Wendish dialect of the Sclavonian.
1892 H. M. Doughty Our 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.
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Wendish1617
Wendic1848
Sorabian1851
Sorb1862
Lusatian1877
Sorbian1877
Sorbish1883
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 68 In the villages of Carinthia..the Countrey people speake Wendish, or the tongue of the old Vandals.
1788 Eng. Rev. Dec. 480 Every Saturday one of them preaches, in Wendish, a sermon in the university church.
1822 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. V. 243 A language consisting of a mixture of Wendish and German.
1887 Morfill in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 150/1 The Slovenes are sometimes called ‘Wends’ and their language ‘Windish’ or ‘Wendish’.
1915 19th Century Nov. 1045 Carniola, where Vendish, a Slav dialect, is spoken.
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