Wendish

[ wen-dish ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Wends or their language; Sorbian.

noun

1. Sorbian ( def 2 ).

Wendish

/ ˈwɛndɪʃ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Wends

noun

1. the West Slavonic language of the Wends See also Sorbian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wendish¹

1605–15; < German wendisch, equivalent to Wende Wend + -isch -ish ¹

Example Sentences

"This is all the remains of the holdfast of Sherrer, Lord Eddard. The rest are dead, along with the people erf Wendish Town and the Mummer's Ford."

From Literature

"At Wendish Town, the people sought shelter in their holdfast, but the walls were timbered. The raiders piled straw against the wood and burnt them all alive. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with sucklipg babes."

From Literature

"The Lannisters have broken it. We ask leave to answer them, steel for steel. We ask justice for the smallfolk of Sherrer and Wendish Town and the Mummer's Ford."

From Literature

It would even be possible to reconstruct the independent theme in a form not unlike the Wendish folk-tale cited in the beginning of the chapter.

From Project Gutenberg

The fact that the young couple live by the sale of the wife’s handiwork, and that this in some way or other leads to her restoration to her parents or earlier connections, is an important feature of The Ransomed Woman, being found clearly in the Wendish tale as well as in many variants of the compound type.

From Project Gutenberg