[gothic-l] Re: Reidgotaland

[trbrandt at POST9.TELE.DK]

--- In gothic-l at y..., dirk at s... wrote:

> So with Old Frisian and Old Saxon 'hreid' meaning reeds and
Hreidland
> (now drowned in the Dollart between Holland and Germany) meaning
> marshy reedland, this could indicate that those Hreid-Goths were
> supposed to be the dwellers of swamps or marshes. Another example,
> were a placename was added to a tribal name was the Ulmerugi who
lived
> on an island as opposed to the other Rugi on the mainland.
>
> cheers
> Dirk

-- or the Goths along Vistula or Don

-- or the Heruls, who by Procopius were regarded as a Gothic tribe
and who according to Jordanes lived in the swamps of Hele at the
mouth of river Don - or these Heruls arriving from Moravia (Maehren)
to Scandinavia along the Oder - or more likely their "cousins" at the
mouth of the Rhine (the Geats?).

Just some other examples.

Troels


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