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]. 1788 Engl. Rev. Dec. 479 The people..are called in Saxony Wenden, i.e. Wendts, or Vandals, or Wendish. 1790 Dornford Pütter's Develop. Germ. Emp. III. Index, Wendish or Venedic countries. 1822 Downes Lett. fr. Mecklenburg 157 Pribislaus, a Wendish chief. 1822 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. V. 242 The Wendish dialect of the Sclavonian. 1892 Doughty 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.
| 1617 Moryson Itin. i. 68 In the villages of Carinthia..the Countrey people speake Wendish, or the tongue of the old Vandals. 1788 Engl. 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. |