frankish in English

adjective
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relating to the ancient Franks or their language.
But it was in 1165 that Frederick Barbarossa had the Frankish emperor Charlemagne canonized and a liturgical cult spread across Europe thereafter.
noun
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the West Germanic language of the ancient Franks.
The northern tongue was influenced by Frankish , the Germanic language of the Franks, who gave their name to both France and French.

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1. But first, we must sail along the Frankish coast.

2. Carolingians (kărəlĭn`jēənz), dynasty of Frankish rulers, founded in the 7th cent

3. The Frankish clergy in Moravia fiercely opposed the use of Slavonic.

4. Charlemagne invited Alcuin to become the minister of education for the Frankish court.

5. Carolingian definition, of or relating to the Frankish dynasty that reigned in France a.d

6. Carolingians (kărəlĭn`jēənz), dynasty of Frankish rulers, founded in the 7th cent

7. Origin probable and cites the Frankish Blustern, blüstern, blistern, conn

8. The county of Barcelona was established there, reporting to the Frankish king.

9. Carolingians kărəlĭn´jēənz , dynasty of Frankish rulers, founded in the 7th cent

10. Charlemagne was a Frankish warrior king with the background and traditions of the Germanic peoples

11. Flavius Merobaudes (died 383 or 388) was a Roman general of Frankish origin.

12. Frankish influences also may be detected in the social and agrarian organization of Kent.

13. Recent research makes him a direct-line agnatic descendant of the Frankish family Rorgonides.

14. As the Frankish army moved downhill, the mounted troops soon outstripped the foot soldiers.

15. Occupation: Frankish Nobleman, Duke of Bavaria, duke of the Bavarians, Herzog der Bayern: Managed by:

16. In 919 the West Frankish barons refused to assist the king in repelling a Magyar invasion.

17. Carolingian definition is - of or relating to a Frankish dynasty dating from about a.d

18. Antrustion ( plural Antrustions ) ( historical) A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises.

19. , ‘The World of Abbot Aelfric’, Ideal and Reality in Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Society: Studiespresented to J

20. What does Antrustion mean? A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises

21. The Basques and the Gascons Annihilated them, and among the fallen was the Frankish commander Roland

22. The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family that rose to power during the 8th century AD

23. In 800, Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish ruler Charlemagne [Charles the Great] emperor of the Romans. . . .

24. The Despotate of the Morea was created out of territory seized from the Frankish Principality of Achaea.

25. Carolingian dynasty (750–887 CE), family of Frankish aristocrats and the dynasty that they established to rule western Europe

26. From Middle English Burgeis, from Anglo-Norman Burgeis, of Germanic origin; either from Late Latin burgensis *burgus or Frankish

27. This was done to honour the Norse god Odin, as well as to incite terror in the remaining Frankish forces.

28. Brabant, feudal duchy that emerged after the decline and collapse of the Frankish Carolingian empire in the mid-9th century

29. After turning back deep Muslim incursions, the Frankish Empire under the Carolingian monarchs, created the Marches of Gothia and Hispania progressively.

30. Carolingian definition: of or relating to the Frankish dynasty founded by Pepin the Short , son of Charles Martel Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

31. 888 Ingelger (or Ingelgarius) was a Frankish nobleman, who was the founder of the County of Anjou and of the original House of Anjou

32. Charlemagne was the greatest member of the Carolingian family, which arose in the early 7th century in the northeastern region of the Frankish world

33. From Middle French Bourg, from Old French borc, burc, a borrowing from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-

34. Brunhild, queen of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, daughter of the Visigothic king Athanagild, and one of the most forceful figures of the Merovingian age

35. The Carolingian Renaissance, as it is popularly known, was the defining artistic movement of the Frankish Empire in the years dominated by the rule of Charlemagne

36. Also probably partly from Old French ban "announcement, proclamation, Banns, authorization," from Frankish *ban or some other Germanic cognate of the Old English word

37. The origin of Apanage can be found in the old Frankish custom of dividing the inheritance between the sons, and the principle of succession by the eldest son

38. In spite of the unceasing hostility of the Frankish sovereigns, in the following century Benevento reached its apex, imposing a tribute on Naples and capturing Amalfi under Duke Sicard.

39. During that Carolingian dynasty, a mayor named Charles Martel led an outnumbered Frankish infantry to a surprise victory over a calvary of Umayyads at the Battle of Tours

40. The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolings, or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD

41. The city was founded (9 B.C.) as Castrum ad Confluentes by Drusus. It was prominent in Carolingian times as a residence of the Frankish kings and as a meeting place for churchmen

42. The Frankish king Dagobert I then gave part of the forest of Crécy, the hermitage became the Abbey of Saint-Riquier : it is the Act of birth of the abbatial field of Abbeville.

43. From Middle English Bawde, baude, noun form of Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”), from Old Low Frankish * bald (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo …

44. From Middle English Burgeis, from Anglo-Norman Burgeis, of Proto-Germanic origin; either from Late Latin burgensis (from Latin *burgus), or from Frankish, both from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“ stronghold, city ”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-

45. A Frankish sovereign or lord, the seigneur, leased an estate to a freeman on easy terms in beneficium (Latin: “for the benefit [of the tenant]”), and this came to be called a beneficium, a Benefice.

46. The Frankish bishop and pilgrim Arculf, in relating his pilgrimage to Jerusalem in about the year 680, described this church as "a round building open to the sky, with three porticoes entered from the south.

47. The Main is formed near Kulmbach by the joining of its two headstreams, the Red Main and the White Main . The former rises from the Frankish Alb , 50 km in length, and runs through Creussen and Bayreuth .

48. In about the year 761, he was ordained a priest and on 4 October 777 he was elected abbot with the support of the Frankish monks despite the opposition of the Lombards, who favoured Potone the Lombard.

49. About AAchen Best known as the capital of Charlemagne's Frankish empire, today's AAchen sits at the juncture where Germany meets the Netherlands (the Dutch know it as Aken) and Belgium (where "Walloons" call it Aix-la-Chapelle)

50. The Opera dei Pupi (Opera of the Puppets; Sicilian: Òpira dî pupi) is a marionette theatrical representation of Frankish romantic poems such as the Song of Roland or Orlando furioso that is one of the characteristic cultural traditions of Sicily.