Gothic thing

[ingemarn2000]

Yes, they did - not only on Gotland but as well in southern Scandinavia. Tores view is a little short!

Concerning the meeting I suggest Þing as a common Germanic term.

Ingemar

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, OSCAR HERRE <duke.co at ...> wrote:
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> i thought alot of them or their relatives live in southern sweden...gothenburg, vasterland, etc.....
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> --- On Fri, 5/3/13, Tore Gannholm <tore at ...> wrote:
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> From: Tore Gannholm <tore at ...>
> Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Gothic thing
> To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, May 3, 2013, 1:41 AM
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> The Gutes did not live in Scandinavia. They lived and still live on the island Gotland in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
> They concluded a trade and peace agreement with the immigrant Svear (Heruls) on the Scandinavian peninslula about 550 CE
> The Gutna Allthingi is very old.
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> 3 maj 2013 kl. 00:11 skrev nodead4:
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> > Sai! My wife and me are writting a novel (half fiction) about IV century goths. Our question is how would be the name of the best known common germanic "thing" as the gathering of the kunja. If there was a "Thing of all gutes" in Scandinavia, such similar name does exist in gothic language?
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> > thagks ana framgahts :)
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