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Wends
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
the name applied by the Germans to the Sla y s (q.v.) wherever they came in contact with them. It is now used for the Slovenes, for the Germanized Polabs in eastern Hanover, and especially for the Lusatian Wends or Sorbs. It is first found in Pliny (Venedae) and in English is used by Alfred.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Wends'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​w/wends.html. 1910.