Re: Geats

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> > Beowulf was a Geat (stripped of inflectional endings), i.e. a

Gaut,

> > in Scandinavian terms, not a Goth, even if the names are somehow
> > related by containing ablaut variants of the same root (*gaut-

and

> > *gut-, see earlier postings on this list).
> >
> > Piotr
> >
> >
> >
> All Swedes who know their History know that Sweden is composed of

two

> tribes: Götar and Svear. But this Swedish gentleman suggests the
> Svear were newcomers to Sweden
>
> http://gotland.luma.com/origin%20of%20svear.html
>
> Perhaps their arrival should be equated with Odin's expedition to
> king Gylve at the lake Mälar (west of Stockholm)?
>
> This would mean that the Geats were home alone in Sweden before

then?

>
> Torsten

I just discovered this guy wrote in English too.

http://www.bgnett.no/eutopia/Vanir.htm

Torsten