Re: [tied] Gmc. Place-names & the Pas-de-Calais [was: Transhumance]

08-01-04 20:05, Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> I still think it unlikely that in the general turmoil of
>> the landnám there were two separate groups that identified
>> themselves as 'Beormingas', that would have been
>> unpractical, to say the least.
>
> I don't yet believe in the Continental group of that name.

Even if there had been one, what's so impractical "to say the least"
about having two groups with the same name, especially if they live at a
safe distance from each other? Such things happen, especially if the
units in question are clans with names derived from that of an eponymous
founder. Same with surnames: not all Pedersens are named after one and
the same Peder.

Piotr