See also:

• SYLT (probably from the O. Fris. Silendi, i.e. sealand)

SYLT (probably from the O. Fris. Silendi, i.e. sealand)  , the largest See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, being about 38 sq. m. in See also:

• AREA

area and nearly 23 M. See also:

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

long . It is, however, very narrow, being generally about See also:

• HALF

half a mile in width, except in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle, where it sends out a See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east 7 M. across . It belongs to the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig-See also:

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

Holstein, and lies from 7 to 12 M. from the Schleswig See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . The central peninsula contains some marshland and moorland pasture, on which a few thousand See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep graze; but the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the island consists merely of See also:

• DUNES

dunes or sandhills . These attain at places a height of from 100 to 150 ft., and are continually shifting to the westward . The inhabitants (3500) are of Frisian origin, and the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

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

language is German, though in the extreme north of the island, known as See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

List, Danish is spoken . Their occupations are fishing, See also:

• OYSTER

oyster-dredging, seafaring and See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild-See also:

• DUCK

duck catching . The See also:

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

chief places are Keitum, Tinnum, Morsum, Rantum and Westerland . Westerland, one of the most frequented sea-bathing places of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, lies on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the island, separated from the sea, which is seldom perfectly See also:

• CALM

calm, by a See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand dunes, across which See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board walks See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to the See also:

• BEACH

beach . The island is reached by a See also:

• REGULAR

regular steamboat service from Hoyer on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main-See also:

• LAND

land to Munkmarsch, which is connected by a See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam tram with Westerland . Another See also:

• LINE

line of steamers runs from See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg to See also:

• SYLT (probably from the O. Fris. Silendi, i.e. sealand)

Sylt via See also:

• HELIGOLAND (Ger. Helgoland)

Heligoland . During the Danish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1864, after suffering severely at the hands of the Danes, the island was occupied by the Prussians on the 13th of See also:

• JULY

July (see FRISIAN ISLANDS) .

See P . Knuth, Botanische Wanderungen auf der Insel Sylt (See also:

• TONDERN

Tondern, 1890) ; C . P . See also:

• HANSEN, PETER ANDREAS (1795-1874)

Hansen, Das Nordseebad Westerland auf Sylt (Garding, 1891); Meyn, Geologische Beschreibung der Insel Sylt (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1876) ; and Kepp, Wegweiser auf Sylt (Tondern, 1885) .