Frisian — [frizh′ən, frē′zhən] n. [< L Frisii, the Frisians < OFris Frisa < Gmc * frisi, curl: so named from their hair style] 1. a person born or living in Friesland or the Frisian Islands 2. a member of an ancient Germanic tribe of N Holland 3.… … English World dictionary
Frisian — Fri sian, a. Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Frisian — Fri sian, n. A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See {Friesic}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Frisian — language spoken off coasts of Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Frisian — of or pertaining to the people of Frisia, or belonging to the tribe of the Frisii, 1590s, from L. Frisii, from a Germanic tribal name (Cf. O.Fris. Frise, M.Du. Vriese, O.H.G. Friaso, O.E. Frisa), perhaps originally meaning curly headed (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
Frisian — 1. noun a) the language group (West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian) spoken by many people in the Dutch province of Friesland, some people in Northern Germany and in some parts of Denmark, mainly west coast … Wiktionary
Frisian — I. adjective Etymology: Latin Frisius Frisian; akin to Old English Frīsa, Frēsa a Frisian Date: 1598 of, relating to, or characteristic of Friesland, the Frisians, or Frisian II. noun Date: 1601 1. a member of a people that inhabit principally… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Frisian — /frizh euhn, free zheuhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Friesland, its inhabitants, or their language. n. 2. a native or inhabitant of Friesland or the Frisian Islands. 3. the Germanic language most closely related to English, spoken in Friesland… … Universalium
Frisian — Fri•sian [[t]ˈfrɪʒ ən, ˈfri ʒən[/t]] also Friesian n. 1) peo a member of a people of the North Sea coast 2) peo the West Germanic language of the Frisians 3) peo of or pertaining to Friesland, the Frisians, or the language Frisian • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
Frisian literature — is works written in the Frisian languages, particularly that of West Frisian spoken in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands, from which most texts were produced or have survived. The first texts written in Frisian emerge around the 13th… … Wikipedia
