Obs. Also -dele. [a. med.L. Wandalī pl. Vandalī Vandals. The form with W was adopted by Higden from Paulus Diaconus, his authority in the chapter first quoted.] = VANDAL. Hence † Wandalyng [-ING3], a Vandal. † Wandalical a. [med.L. Vandalicus], pertaining to the Vandals.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), I. 205. Out þereof [Scandinavia] went Winuli and werred in Scorunga and ouer com þe Wandales. Ibid., V. 231. Þat tyme was sent an oost out of Rome into Spayne aȝenst þe wandales.
1432–50. trans. Higden (Rolls), V. 237. Þer were a c. yere from the begynnenge of the Wandalicalle persecucion begunne by Gisericus un to the goenge owte of theyme from Affrike.
1490. Bradshaw, St. Werburge, II. 175. Our lorde … Suffred cruell people to entre this region … Danes, Gotes … Pictes and the wandeles, [etc.].
