Germanic

The main stem of Teutonic : divided into (1) High-German , (2) Low-German . Under (1) we cla the sub-branches called Old High-German and Middle High-German ; from which again i ue the modern dialects of High-German . Under (2) we cla Mœso-Gothic , Anglo-Saxon , Old Dutch , Old Frisian , and Old Saxon , from which again i ue the modern dialects of England, Fries land, N. Germany ( Platt-Deutsch ), Holland, and Flanders. Eccardus: “Hist or i a,” Hanover, 1711; Julius: “Bibliotheca,” Hamburg, 1817; Me i dinger: “Vergleich. Wörterb.,” Frankfort, 1836; Hickes: “Thesaurus,” London, 1708. See Scand in avian .