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Wittekind

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[vit-uh-kint] / ˈvɪt əˌkɪnt /

noun

  1. died a.d. 807?, Westphalian chief: leader of the Saxons against Charlemagne.


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Gumrukcu’s husband, William Anderson Wittekind, of Los Angeles, also declined to comment.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2022

No sooner had Charles gone to fight the Moors in Spain than Wittekind returned, and the Saxons rose at his summons, and, bursting into Franconia, devastated the land up to the walls of Cologne.

From Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) by Various

I'm sure," said Wittekind, "there's some muddling misunderstanding.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

They rose as one man, Wittekind and Alboin at their head, and attacked the French with a fury such as they had never before displayed.

From Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German by Morris, Charles

So Doria having telephoned for permission to come and see us on urgent business, arrived at Northlands late in the afternoon, full of the virtues of Wittekind and the vices of Jaffery.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John