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[john welch]

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Hullo from new member,
  My inquiry is about Saxon origins, and why Baltic German is different from the south. Could Saxons be Scythians? Ukrainian Scythians raided Biskupin in Poland 500BC, and their Tauri tribe were pirates in the Black Sea. Perhaps they became cavalry and pirate elites on the Baltic and moved to Jutland.
  Persian /Sanskrit braman(i)ya means "reverently" as in OSwed. bram "state.pomp", Russian/Polish/German bram "ship top-mast" for admirals' and state flags and OE breme "high.famous.noble". Thus the word is seen in the Baltic and probably connected with pirates.  Swed. plas bram means "plush binding", which suggests Persian flags with gold braiding,binding and jewels. The top-"gallant" mast is from Fr. galloner "braiding, binding", suggesting the flag.  As Norse dragon means "boat" and is Celtic "leader", then the dragon on the helmet of the chief at Sutton Hoo boat-burial may indicate the title "Draca".drache.
  Would the term " bram draca" be a likely expression. Could it mean a pirate flag?
  John Welch

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