Slavonic

(1) The typical dialect of Sarmatian, from which Ru ian has been formed, first written A.D. 850. (Modern Slavonia is a province of Austria.) Grammar by Miklosich, vols. i.-iii., Vienna, 1852-6. (2) Cla name for a division of Wendic , comprising Old Bohemian , Polatian (extinct), Eccl. Slavonic (extinct), Bulgarian , Czech , Croatian , Illyrian , Lusitanian , Polabian , Polish , Ru ian , Ruthenian , Servian , Slovack , Sloven i an , Sorabic . They have two forms of alphabetic character:—(1) The Cyrillic , (2) the Glagolitic , which is by some called a modified Cyrillic, by others attributed to St. Hieronymus, of Dalmatia, A.D. 331. Sleswick , see Schleswig .