Reudigni
Sign in to saveThe Reudigni were one of the Nerthus-worshipping Germanic tribes mentioned by Tacitus in Germania. Schütte suggests that the name should be read Rendingi or Randingi and then the name would be the same as the Rondings of Widsith. They have otherwise been lost to history, but they may have lived in Denmark prior to the arrival of the Danes recorded by Jordanes. Schütte suggests that their name lives on in the names Randers and Randers Fjord, Denmark.
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It is catalogued under the topic Early Germanic peoples.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Germanic people
- Residence
- Jutland
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The Reudigni were one of the Nerthus-worshipping Germanic tribes mentioned by Tacitus in Germania. Schütte suggests that the name should be read Rendingi or Randingi and then the name would be the same as the Rondings of Widsith. They have otherwise been lost to history, but they may have lived in Denmark prior to the arrival of the Danes recorded by Jordanes. Schütte suggests that their name lives on in the names Randers and Randers Fjord, Denmark.
(Original Latin) "Reudigni deinde et Aviones et Anglii et Varini et Eudoses et Suardones et Nuithones fluminibus aut silvis muniuntur. Nec quicquam notabile in singulis, nisi quod in commune Nerthum, id est Terram matrem, colunt eamque intervenire rebus hominum, invehi populis arbitrantur. ..." --Tacitus, Germania, 40.
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