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Wendish

Wendic \Wend"ic\, Wendish \Wend"ish\, a. Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language.

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Wendish may refer to:

  • the Sorbian languages, spoken in Germany
  • the Prekmurje Slovene, spoken in Slovenia and Hungary
  • the Wends, a Slav people of Northern Europe

Usage examples of "wendish".

Wendish campaign tentsa mushroomlike felt shelter lying low to the ground, more a bulge than a tent.

He gestured toward a tent shaped differently than the Wendish campaign tentsa mushroomlike felt shelter lying low to the ground, more a bulge than a tent.

The old woman and Marcus had been speaking in Aostan, which Zacharias could understand better than he could speak, but the girl spoke Wendish.

Wendish or Varren, only Dariyan and a bit of Aostan, which is like enough to Dariyan that she might understand the one if she knew the other.

Darre with his wife and all his army, his Wendish and his Varrens, with Aostans and Karronish, yet he could not take one small city.

The vanguard of the Wendish army could be seen, banners flying, as they emerged from the wood and split apart into regular lines to face the Quman across the broad gap.

Ekkehard and his companions had taken to wearing princely Quman armor, cobbled together from armored coats stripped off of dead men, felt coifs, looted Wendish cloaks made rich by fur linings, supple leather gloves, painted shields, everything but the wings, which they had not earned.

You Wendish Eagles are said to see all kinds of things that the rest of us cannot.

From the marchlands I will turn south and draw more Wendish troops as I go.

Wendish campaign tentsa mushroomlike felt shelter lying low to the ground, more a bulge than a tent. Three stocky young Quman men loitered under the angled awning, gazes fixed on the griffins, but after a moment Liath saw that Fulk was pointing toward two men standing in the shadow cast by the tent.

I expect you to see that your Wendish forces behave themselves, just as I expect Prince Bayan to keep proper order among his Ungrian countrymen.

As she spoke in Wendish, certain centaurs murmured a running translation to their comrades as did Gyasi to the Pechanek Quman one man and one womanwho had braved the displeasure of their tribes' mothers to follow him.

The field churned into chaos, Wendish soldiers pursuing the Quman, who scattered in all directions.

Most of the Wendish nobles had been hauled off the field last night, and now the common soldiers were being carted off to mass graves.

Two well ordered contingents of infantry, one wearing the tabard of the King's Lions and the other Wendish milites out of Saony, flanked a mass of cavalry riding under his father's banner, the conjoined sigils of Wendar and Varre.