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L O W L A N D S - L  -  14 October 2007 - Volume 06
Song Contest: lowlands-l.net/contest/ (- 31 Dec. 2007)
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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.10.14 (02) [E]

> From: Arthur Jones <arthurobin2002 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.10.13 (08) [E]
>
> Hi Lowlanders,
>
> and thanks for solving a puzzle for me. In finishing
> up the manuscript of
> the book, "Children of the Flood; New Songs for
> Ancient Gothic Voices", for
> publication, I was repeatedly asked how the Goths
> and other early Germanic
> tribes managed to gather huge armies in view of
> their frequent heavy losses
> in battle.
[...]
 > Arthur
> ARTHUR A. JONES

Arthur,

The number of warriors in the Germanic armies has
always been a puzzling question mark.
But if my memory is serving me this time: in an
oldenglish text they tell us about a large army, and
then they say that the army had 80 warriors.

Those were the times!

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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