/r/AncientGermanic
An academically-oriented subreddit for the discussion of ancient speakers of Germanic languages (such as Old English, Old Norse, Old High German, Gothic, and many others) and their influence and representation today.
A subreddit for the study of the ancient Germanic peoples, the linguistic ancestors of modern speakers of Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Scandinavian languages. Topics include discussion of anything from the First Germanic Sound Shift into representation of the ancient Germanic peoples in modern popular culture.
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Hariso - two Germanic inscrptions, yet one is from Sjælland, the other from Veneto.
The runic inscription from Himlingøje I (RÄF 9) reads: Hariso.
https://runer.ku.dk/q.php?p=runer/genstande/genstand/228
The grave inscription from Concordia Sagittaria contains about the Herulian Hariso (EDCS-05401549): Flavius Hariso ma/gister primus de nu/mero (H)erolorum seni/orum arcam de proprio suo / conparavit si quis eam aperi/re voluerit dabit in fisco auri p(ondo) duo.
Up to my knowledge these two are the only Germanic inscriptions containing the name Hariso (consistent with Lexikon der altgermanischen Namen) and date relatively closely (3r C. and 4th C.)
NB: Krause's wish to assign the runic inscription to the Heruls (and also subsequent entries in RäF) is silly.
18:46 UTC
Partial map of bracteate finds from the 400s to 500s. Over a thousand are now known and finds continue to occur regularly. See pinned comment for reference link.
06:03 UTC
What is your favorite bracteate and why? Please include a link to the bracteate so that others can look it over as well.
22:52 UTC
Great video on Pre-Proto-Germanic
11:52 UTC
Runestone
Hi all,
I made another video about a runestone. This time there is not much left of it, but there is still some parts that can be read. Interesting spellings on this one.
06:30 UTC
Apparent new Migration Period era horned helmet-wearing 'dancer' figure (frequently interpreted as a depiction of Odin) found in Kent — is there a press release or anything similar on this new find yet?
21:28 UTC
Runestone
Hi all,
I have made a video of a cool runestone in Sweden. It's message can still be read, have a look at the video and let me know what you think.
06:57 UTC
The Stidsholt Woman found in 1859 in Jutland, Denmark. She was decapitated by a blow between the 3rd and 4th cervical vertebrae. Her head was never scientifically dated, but possibly dates from the Iron Age, and the rest of the body was never found. National Museum of Denmark [1290x1764]
21:43 UTC
Overview of fragmentary Early Germanic Languages?
Can anyone recommend a good overview paper of remnants (and how extensive this remnants are, like how many personal names and words are recorded) of fragmentary early Germanic languages, such as Gepidic, Herulic and so on.
I know that there are few resources in these languages and mostly personal names are passed down, but it would be nice to know, what the quantitative stand as of today.
22:14 UTC
Old English Language-Learning Cohort starting as early as May
13:30 UTC
At Trekroner-Grydehøj in Sjælland, Denmark, a woman was buried with a horse next to her, one leg partially overlapping with her body. At the foot of the woman, a large flat stone, a dog which had been cut in half and some sheep bones completed the burial. 8th-9th century CE [1040x2289]
17:53 UTC
Modern English cluster more with the north Germans (homeland of the Anglo-Saxons) Over island Celts such as Irish welsh or Scottish
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05247-2
Could this mean the English are more Germanic than we thought and are not majority Celtic?
From the article itself " “from England in our sample derive either all or a large fraction of their ancestry from continental northern Europe, with CNE ancestry of 76 ± 2% on average (Methods). Although CNE ancestry is predominant in central and eastern England, it is much less prevalent in the south and southwest of England, and absent in the one site that we analysed from Ireland (Fig. 3b)” "
Heavily implying so.
06:10 UTC
If Goths and Vandals migrated to Poland and Pomerania who lived there before?
My hypothesis on this is that the Old-North-Germans a precursor to North Sea Germanics would have lived here and got displaced from Polish Pomerania and German Pomerania.
Which might be why South Germans have some North German looking like people based on this migration of Scandinavian Goths pushing the old North-Sea down.
North Sea Possibly no longer existing in Poland or even Eastern Germany
23:21 UTC
Why does Eastern Germanic even exist as a classification outside of Cultural Grounds?
The Eastern Germanics are migrants to Pomerania however they are identical genetically to the Scandinavians (specifically Swedes)
So is the drift just so far it made them separate to the Scandinavians like for Germans mixing with the Celtic populations? What would even cause this drift?
06:57 UTC
Four recently(ish) found Thor's hammers from Denmark
10:03 UTC