--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> The High German shift ca. AD 420?? I would think it's the later
version Duringa that shows the regular shift of þ- > d-, and that the
<th> [þ] is original, not Latinate. The Hermunduri are attested so
early that the <d> must be original as well, and it follows that the
names are not related. Thorsten's "Thorings" look good to me, though
of course I'd prefer to analyse the name as dissimilated *þunr-ing-.
>
> Piotr
In the OE Widsith, they are referred to as the "þyringas", which
supports the original þ argument.
Brian