Frisii

English Noun p en historical A tribe of Northern Germany who dwelt between the rivers Rhine and Ems. Latin Etymology Possibly named for their curly hair, from la gem-pro *frisaz curly, frizzy, which might possibly be from la ine-pro *prews-, which Pokorny says means to burn as well as to freeze (see sa प्लोषति). If valid, this could derive from the warping of objects under temperature extremes. Pronunciation Frīsiī Proper noun Frīsiī<2> m A tribe of Northern Germany who dwelt between the rivers Rhine and Ems. la 1772 Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ The Ecclesiastical History of Iceland Finnur Jónsson https://books.google.com/books?id=6bwFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA9&hl=de&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false 1 Copenhagen Orphanotrophius Regii 3 1 4 Ex exoticis Scriptoribus ſolum tantum adducemus GEORGIUM HORNIUM, qvi, Islandiam ante Norvegos variis gentibus freqventatam fuiſſe, certa indicia eſſe dicit, Krantzium teſtem adducens, qvod poſt ſubactam ab Hengiſto Britanniam Friſii in Islandia conſederint. ex exōticīs Scrīptōribus sōlum tantum addūcēmus Geōrgium Hornium, quī, Īslandiam ante Norvegōs variīs gentibus frequentātam fuisse, certa indicia esse dīcit, Krantzium testem addūcēns, quod post subāctam ab Hengistō Britanniam Frīsiī in Īslandiā cōnsēderint. From foreign writers we shall bring forward only Georg Horn, who says there are certain signs that Iceland was frequented by various nations before the Norwegians, citing Krantz as a witness to the fact that after Britain was subdued by Hengist, the Frisians settled in Iceland. Declension Frīsiī<2> References Markey, Thomas L. (1981): Frisians la Tribes