[gothic-l] Re: "Eruli", "Goths", "Danes" and wherefrom the runes

[Einar Gunnar Birgisson <einarbirg@yahoo.com>]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "lindarichters
<lindarichters at y...>" <lindarichters at y...> wrote:

#### Hi Linda.
The subject has been discussed a lot. I will answer you very briefly
on Germanic-L, as I dont think the moderator there will object to
that. As for your two questions then I was responding to remarks
made by Dirk. Apart from that I want to say politely that I feel
that it is not yours to decide what is discussed on Gothic-L.
Best regards Einar #####
>
> > Naturally there were no Heruli existing in the 9th and 10th
> centuries when Iceland was settled so therefore there were no
Heruli
> among the settlers. But among the settlers there were powerful
> aristocratic families presumably of Swedish descent that could
have
> been the descendants of aristocratic Heruli families.
>
> As this position is entirely unfounded, the use of words and
phrases
> like "presumably" and "could have been" is in order. The consensus
of
> both ancient writers and modern scholarly opinion have established
> Norway as the overwhelming place of origin for both Icelanders and
> Faroe Islanders (see Book of Settlements and related scholarship).
A
> more relevant question for a Gothic list might be: where did the
> Goths originate?
>
> > There can be put forward rather extensive argumentation for this
> hypothesis and these arguments are presented in the book "The
Origin
> of the Icelanders", which is the English version. The translation
> was made by professor Lee M. Hollander at the University of Texas
> (1967).
>
> How does this relate to the historical East Germanic people known
a
> the Goths?
>
> Linda Richters


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