See also:

• POLABS (Po=on, Laba=Elbe)

POLABS (Po=on, Laba=See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe)  , the Slays (q.v.) who dwelt upon the See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe and eastwards to the See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder . Their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tribes were the Vagri in See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein, the Bodrici or Obotritae in See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg, the Ljutici or Wiltzi in western See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania, the Sprevane on the See also:

• SPREE

Spree and the Glomaci or Dalemintsi in See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . Except the See also:

• LITHUANIANS

Lithuanians they were the last Europeans to be christianized; their chief See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary was at Arcona on the Isle of See also:

• RUGEN

Rugen . They were converted and conquered by the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and systematically germanized . By the 17th century See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic survived Only in a tiny patch in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover about Liichow, where a few words were still understood at the beginning of the 19th century . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district still goes by the name of See also:

• WENDS

Wends (q.v.) . The chief remains of the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language are a paternoster, a few phrases and a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short vocabulary written down by Pastor Chi . Henning (c . 1700), and the See also:

• DIARY

diary of J . Paruns See also:

• SCHULTZE, MAX JOHANN SIGISMUND (1825-1874)

Schultze (d . 1734) . These were edited by A .

Hilferding (St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, 1856), and a See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar was published there by A . See also:

• SCHLEICHER, AUGUST (1821-1868)

Schleicher (1871) . M . Porzezinski and Fr . Lorentz are the chief later authorities . Polabian agrees mostly with See also:

• POLISH

Polish and Kasube with its nasalized vowels and highly palatalized consonants . It had, however, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long vowels and a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• ACCENT

accent . The remains of it are most corrupt, having been written down when the language was full of See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German by See also:

• PEOPLE

people who did not know Slavonic .