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I have filed this under "Humor"
DW
>
>I Googled 'Obodrite' just now. The first hit (of 334) was an outtake
>from the _EB_, as follows:
>
>"Obodrite
>
>member of a people of the Polab group, the northwesternmost of the Slavs
>in medieval Europe. The Obodrites (sometimes called the Bodryci, from
>bodry, “brave”) inhabited the lowland country between the lower Elbe
>River and the Baltic Sea, the area north and northeast of Hamburg in
>what is now Schleswig-Holstein Land (state), Germany. The Obodrites'
>independent principality, …"
>
>But maybe the _EB_ is making that up.
>
>Best again,
>John Dillon
>
>----- Original Message -----
>On Monday, March 6, 2006, at 7:02 pm, Diana Wright wrote:
>
>
>
>>>>>Volker (d. 1132) Volker was a monk of Siegburg. He went to be
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>a
>>
>>
>>>>>missionary to the Obodrites
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Who are what?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>A typo for 'Obdorites' (or 'Obdurites'), a people famous for their
>>>hardened refusal to change their ways. Christianity will have
>>>
>>>
>>been a
>>
>>
>>>tough sell on their turf.
>>>
>>>Best,
>>>John Dillon
>>>(ducks)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Yer making this up, aren't you?
>>
>>DW
>>
>
>
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