Category
page 1Early Germanic culture
Germanic paganism
ethnic religion practiced by the Germanic peoples from the Iron Age until Christianisation
Early Germanic law
component of early Germanic culture
Przeworsk culture
archaeological culture
Germanic calendar
obsolete Germanic calendars
Nīþ
In historical Germanic society, ' (Old Norse, pronunciation: , in runic: , ; ) was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honour and the status of a villain. A person affected with the stigma is considered a nithing' (, in runic: , , ).
Friedelehe
Friedelehe meaning "lover marriage" is a term for a postulated form of Germanic marriage said to have existed during the Early Middle Ages. The concept was introduced into mediaeval historiography in the 1920s by Herbert Meyer. There is some controversy as to whether such a marriage form, a quasi-marriage, existed but historians who have identified it agree that it was not accepted by the Church.