The Wends are at least three slawic tribes which lived in the area of east-Germany (the former GDR).
The Obotriedes in the north, the Lutitzen in the middle (around Berlin)and the Sorbes in the south (EastThuringia and Saxonia).

The Jomsvikings came from the Islands near the Oder-mouth
Wollin (Poland) and Usedom (Germany).

greetings from there

Andreas

norse_course@yahoogroups.com schrieb am 26.02.02:

> The Wend's lived in the region that is now Poland didn't they?
>
> And the Jomsvikings?
>
> I'm 25% polish myself, so have been thinking of taking a peek into the
> language, but the epigrapher in me is distracted by the Cyrillic.
>
> -Laz
>
>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [norse_course] Re: Introduction
>
>
> >
> > Hello in Lithuania. I'm just a long boat's journey away in Elk, Poland.
> Teaching English and learning ON.
> > Priviet!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > U¿ytkownik fjornir <falconsword@...> napisa³:
> >
> > >>I am a new subscriber to this group and would like to introduce
> > >>myself. I am an American of Norwegian-American ancestry. After 38
> > >>years in parish ministry in Canada and the U.S., I have since 1999
> > >>have been serving on the faculty of Evangelical Theology
> > >>at the University of Klaipeda, Klaipeda, Lithuania, on the Baltic
> > >>coast. I teach Hebrew and Historical and Systematic Theology. My
> > >>theological training included work in Latin, Greek, German, and
> > >>Syriac, and some reading in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian - in
> > >>addition to a bit of secondary school French.
> > >
> > >Welcome to the group. Your background is a
> > >rather unique one - and quite interesting.
> > >From the perspective of historical theology
> > >the study of Old Norse certainly has a lot to
> > >offer. It is very interesting to see how the
> > >old heathen oral literature tradition takes
> > >on Christian subjects while maintaining the
> > >old heathen forms in many aspects.
> > >
> > >This strophe from Lilja (The Lily) is well known.
> > >The author compares the role of a Christian
> > >poet with that of his heathen predecessors.
> > >
> > >Fyrri menn er froeđin kunnu
> > >forn ok klók af heiđnum bókum
> > >slungin mjúkt af sínum kóngum
> > >sungu lof međ danskri tungu.
> > >Í Å£vílíku móđurmáli
> > >meir skyldumk ek en nokkurr ţeirra
> > >hroerđan dikt međ ástarorđum
> > >allsvaldanda kóngi at gjalda.
> > >
> > >Former men who had their wisdom
> > >ancient and clever from heathen books
> > >sung softly praise for their kings
> > >with the Danish tongue.
> > >In such a mother tongue
> > >it is more my duty than it was any of theirs
> > >to pay a passionate poem with words of love
> > >to an all-powerfull king.
> > >
> > >Kveđja,
> > >Haukur
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Sumir hafa kvæđi...
> > >...ađrir spakmæli.
> > >
> > >- Keth
> > >
> > >Homepage: http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/
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> > [ http://oferty.onet.pl ]
> >
> >
> >
> > Sumir hafa kvæði...
> > ...aðrir spakmæli.
> >
> > - Keth
> >
> > Homepage: http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/
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>
> Sumir hafa kvæði...
> ...aðrir spakmæli.
>
> - Keth
>
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