[gothic-l] Hansa

[Terje Ellefsen]

Hello!


I'm working on a school paper about the Hansa organisation, and I've found
texts that say that "Hanse" means "group of armed men", obviously in German.
I'd like to know if there are any cognates in other Germanic languages.
Words from the middle ages or earlier is what I'm aiming for, but later
words might also come in handy. So I'm basically looking for the origin of
the word and its relatives, as it were.

Terje

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