Re: Scandinavia and the Germanic tribes such as Goths, Vandals, Angl

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 61302
Date: 2008-11-03

At 10:18:58 PM on Sunday, November 2, 2008, tgpedersen
wrote:

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>> But who besides Snorri backs you up?

<http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/3trek.pdf>

> Hervarar sägn

Mentions only <Reiðgotaland> I believe. One that does
mention <Eygotaland> is 'Ragnarssona þáttr':

Þeir lögðu undir sik Selund ok Reiðgotaland, Eygotaland ok
Eyland ok öll smálönd í hafinu.

They [= Ragnar's sons] conquered Selund and Reiðgotaland,
Eygotaland and Eyland and all islands in the sea.

Here Selund is Zeeland, Eyland is Öland, Eygotaland appears
to be Gotland, and Reiðgotaland appears to be Jutland.

Brian