On the slaughter-field Frisian needs must he fall. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Dutch (official language), Frisian (official language). From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
A Frisian warrior, probably general of the Hetwars. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem] Reference
Fryslân has two official languages: Frisian and Dutch. From Wordnik.com. [Ferhalen « The expat numbat: from AU to NL] Reference
But they have no desire whatever to take either the Frisian. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Frisian, Dutch and French are all relatively well equipped. From Wordnik.com. [The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone] Reference
Residents of the Frisian village of Dokkum Aalsum to a mystery. From Wordnik.com. [Information, Culture, Policy, Education:] Reference
Traditional Frisian tea is a strong blend of black tea with a malty taste. From Wordnik.com. [Teatime Amid Wandering Dunes] Reference
Frisian, or a Fleming, though there was a certain resemblance to the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
The only dying language that is particularly close to me, is of course Frisian. From Wordnik.com. [Last speaker of Eyak recently passed away] Reference
Frisian voiced and unvoiced dental fricatives only in loans, mostly from English. From Wordnik.com. [The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone] Reference
Still the ones who learn Dutch or Frisian would be helped with a letter for a schwa. From Wordnik.com. [The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone] Reference
Joanne, my Dutch friend I would be most honored to be considered an "honorary Frisian". From Wordnik.com. [It's a bread-baking day....] Reference
The police haul me in, accusing me of a serious crime: stealing your Frisian flag again. From Wordnik.com. [Warranted Christian Belief] Reference
In the same throng came Orm of England, Ubbe the Frisian, Ari the One-eyed, and Alf Gotar. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
The burials sound like just the same sort of people as the Frisian merchant Bede describes. From Wordnik.com. [Horses in seventh-century England] Reference
Austalis' background sounds intriguing - a native of Gododdin, yet his father is a Frisian. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Silver, by Alan Fisk. Book review] Reference
She writes poetry in both Frisian and Dutch, and has so far published seven collections of poems. From Wordnik.com. [‘N’ Country – (A Meme)] Reference
The trouble started when a judge refused to hear the testimony of a local veterinarian in Frisian. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Babel] Reference
The café offers its own blend of Frisian tea and widely acclaimed butter cakes baked each morning. From Wordnik.com. [Teatime Amid Wandering Dunes] Reference
THEN hastened those heroes their home to see, friendless, to find the Frisian land, houses and high burg. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere] Reference
Dirksen's studies of East-Frisian Proverbs, will serve to indicate the general nature and extent of these. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
In Keitum, stop at the Altfriesisches Haus (Old Frisian House) on Museumsweg to brush up on local history. From Wordnik.com. [Teatime Amid Wandering Dunes] Reference
The Frisian differs from the Zeelander: one is fair and the other dark, and both differ from the Hollander. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Life in Town and Country] Reference
By and by the child gets "so fast asleep that one eye does not see the other," as the Frisian proverb puts it. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
Death came upon Finn in his house; for the Danes came back and slew him, and the hall was made red with the Frisian blood. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Then he went back to the ocean, and attacked the Frisian fleet, which had struck on shoals; and thus he crowned shipwreck with slaughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
The Sylter Heimatmuseum (Sylt Folklore Museum) is nearby, as are modern artisans who have set up shop in neighboring Frisian-style homes. From Wordnik.com. [Teatime Amid Wandering Dunes] Reference
The tea isn't grown here, rather it is mixed in various "secret" recipes by the island's manufacturers to create the unique Frisian taste. From Wordnik.com. [Teatime Amid Wandering Dunes] Reference
In both points, arguing from the probable Frisian origin of the story, the Anglo-Saxon and German are more likely to have the correct form. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13] Reference
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