with Ethnological Remarks
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Þiðreks saga
Didriks Chronicle Svava
&
Membrane + Icelandic MSS
Primarily basing on Research
by
Heinz Ritter-Schaumburg
Editor: Rolf Badenhausen.
This
document is appendix of
Thidreks
Saga Research: Merovingians by the Svava?
http://www.badenhausen.net/harz/svava/MerovingSvava.htm
Revised
2011-06-04
(Last Updates:
Harlunga,
Mundia, Venedi, Vernica)
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Notes and
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Abbreviations |
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Optional number of first or any further chapter of Old
Swedish MSS Skokloster-Codex I / 115 & 116, quarto, resp E 9013, Riksarkivet
Stockholm, and the fragmentary K 45,4o MS. Published in German
as Die Didriks-Chronik oder die Svava by Heinz Ritter-Schaumburg
who closely refers to SAGAN OM DIDRIK AF BERN efter svenska handskrifter
by Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius, published at Stockholm, 1850-1854.
The editor refers to chapter enumeration of German edition by H. Ritter. |
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Optional number of first or any further chapter by Old Norse Membrane, catalogued as Perg. fol. nr 4., Kungliga Biblioteket Stockholm, completed with Icelandic MSS AM 177, fol. ('MS B') and AM 178, fol. ('MS A'). Basic source is German translation by Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen who refers to the Peringskiöld edition of Thidreks saga, 1715. The editor refers to chapter enumeration (=Mbh ) by F. H. von der Hagen, s. Partition Chart enclosed with this document. |
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Fixed width font type
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Terminus by (translated) Thidreks saga MSS |
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impossible geographical name in context of non-revised translations or other epic sources |
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HE:
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Hessen, State of Germany |
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LS:
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Lower Saxony, State of Germany |
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NRW:
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North Rhine Westphalia, State of Germany |
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RP:
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Rhineland Palatinate, State of Germany |
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(ethn):
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ethnological |
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(Ger):
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German spelling |
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(Lat):
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Latin spelling |
| GPS Format: | Degree.Decimal Conversion Examples (Decimal - DMS) |
| (Approximate position data mainly referring to the centre of towns and villages.) |
| A(e)ngland(h) {231}[252] | 'Anglo-land', short form of Anglo-Saxon territory |
| Aldinf(i)ls [44]{111}
Aldifil (Addinfils) |
the later 'Altenfils Castle' [51.42°N 8.72°E], Brilon, NRW; mentioned as castrum Aldenviles, curia Hanecrait in the directory of properties of Count Siegfried von Boyneburg. |
| Aldinsæla, Aldinsela [43]{105} | Se(e)lhofe Estate [52.184°N 8.358°E] at Melle, LS |
| Large region including Harz mountains, Germany (see Svava) | |
| 'Amalings' ('Amals')
Amelungen -land [99,246,259] |
Folk in the Eiffel
Region in the Eiffel, cf Nordic Map of Bern |
| Appolij {1} | Foreland of north-western Eiffel, including the Hesbaye and the so-called 'Carbon woodland' |
| see Puli | |
| Aumlungaland
Aurlingaland Aurlungaland [246,259] |
see Amelungen -land |
| Austrriki [45,325]
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'Eastern Realm': Baltic region from Vistula river to the Gulf of Finland |
| Babilon(ia) [373] | Cologne [50.94°N 6.96°E], NRW |
| Bakalar {36}[65,341] | Paffrath at Bergisch Gladbach [50.9992°N 7.0990°E] (exact position)
by Ernst F. Jung
Altenberg at Blecher [51.06°N 7.13°E], NRW, by H. Ritter |
| Ballova [20]
Balve {56} |
Balve [51.33°N 7.84°E], NRW |
| Becculær {36} | see Bakalar |
| Beringsheim [126] | see Gerimsheim |
| Bern {8}[11] | the former VARNENVM or VARNE [50.729°N 6.194°E] at Kornelimünster,
Aachen, NRW
Bonn (CASTRA BONNENSIS: [50.74521°N 7.0999°E]), NRW, by Heinz Ritter |
| Bertanga -borg,
-land [40] Bertangen-land{215} [211] [220] |
District on Elbe river, centre: Lüneburg [53.25°N 10.42°E], LS |
| bertania england {23} | Great Britain – England |
| Beyeren
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(ethn) a former ribe in the region of Cologne (cf 'Beyenthal'), etymologically related to Celtic 'Boi' ('Boier') |
| Borgarskog, Borgvalld [95] | see Burgwald |
| Brandenburg
Brandinaborg |
1. Property of Jarl Iron:
Brand [50.75°N 6.166°E] or Brandenberg [50.704°N 6.411°E]; see Mbh 236 (Mb 264) for the distance to Ungeren (Ingara) being connected with a 'three-days-ride' to his brother Apollonius. 2. Location of Vilkina War: region of Berlin, capital of Germany |
| Bratinga -borgh {268} | Property of King Isung |
| see Bertanga | |
| Brictan |
Brechten [51.58°N 7.46°E] at Dortmund, NRW |
| Britaniam {97}
Britannia, Brittanga [211] [220] |
see Bertanga |
| Brittan [51] (=Mb28) | England |
| Burgwald [95] | forest, ca 5 miles to the north of Marburg [50.81°N 8.77°E], HE |
| see Ballova | |
| Duna {307}
Duna [337] |
Dhünn river [eg 51.036°N 6.991°E] falling in the Rhine between Opladen and Leverkusen, NRW |
| Drakansel(l),
Drakasus {96} Drekafil {96} Drekanfils [40]{96} 'Drekansel' {221} |
'drakas-hus': dragon's house or dragon's seat ('Drakansel'), place in the region of the Externsteine [51.86889°N 8,9175°E], NRW; cf picture Externsteine. |
| Dyna [337] | see Duna |
| Edilla [20,21] | see Ettissa |
| Efving [40] | see Osning |
| E(i)dis(a) [34] | Aller river near Eitze [52.91°N 9.27°E], Verden, LS |
| Esning [40] | see Osning |
| Ettissa [20,21] | Weser river, LS and other German States |
| Eydiss(a) {79} | Aller river near Eitze [52.91°N 9.27°E], Verden, LS |
| Falster- [forest] (a)
[80,95] Falster- [forest] (b) [89]{113} |
a: see Burgwald
b: large forest in Schleswig Holstein, State of Germany |
| Fenedi {12}[15]
Fenidi [44] |
see Venedi |
| Fer(i)til(i)a [13] | see Fritalea |
| Ffenedie {12} | see Venedi |
| Ffindlandh {17} | see Winland |
| Fimber [400] | Isle of Fehmarn [54.5°N 11.1°E], Baltic Sea, Germany |
| Franka -riki,
-velldi [forest] [221](=Mb246) |
Territory on the region of Main river, HE, cf 'Frank-furt'
(Ger furt = ford) |
| Fridsälu | see Fritalea |
| Frisia [63] | Frisian coast lands, Germany and Netherlands |
| Fritala-
Fritalea {10} Fritila -borg [100] {227}[244] |
Place of residence of the Harlunga dukes [A(h)rlungen]:
Castle on the Rhine near the Ahr's mouth in the region of Linz (final localisation
by Otto Klaus Schmich), [50.568°N 7.277°E], RP.
(Harlungen location covered today by Arenfels castle, the former Argenfels [50.526°N 7.310°E], re(?)-built in 1258/1259 at Bad Hönningen) |
| Furt | Ford on the Aller at Verden [52.92°N 9.23°E], LS |
| see Her | |
| Gargenburg [379] | Graach on the Moselle [49.933°N 7.064°E], RP |
| Gerimsheim [126]
Gerimsheim {144} |
(supposed locations:)
Germersheim on the Rhine [49.22°N 8.37°E] Gernsheim [49.75°N 8.48°E] |
| Gerseka- borg
[Icel. MS B] |
Gerceke (Gercike), location on hist. Livonia, named in deeds of the
Abbot of Daugavgr?va (Germ 'Dünamünde'), Latvia, 1230; of Bishop
Nikolaus, 1239.
[Sources: 1) Russisches in der Thidrekssaga by Ella Studer; doctoral thesis published at Bern, Switzerland, 1931. 2) Russkije i Viltiny v sage o Tidreke Bernskom by A. N. Weselovskij; Akademii Nauk., vol XI, St Petersburg, 1906.] |
| Graechen- borg
Grächen- borg {355} |
Graach on the Moselle [49.933°N 7.064°E], RP |
| Gränasund [20]
Gräningasund |
see Grönasund |
| Gränsport [300]
Gran(z)sport {273} |
see Gronsport
Original spelling forms: Svava: Gransport(h) Membrane: Grans(s)port, Gronsport Icel. MS A: Gransport, Graensport Icel. MS B: Grunzport, Grunsport, Grönsport |
Greganburg [379] Gregenburg Greken- borg* [49,84,285] {222} |
Graach on the Moselle [49.933°N 7.064°E], RP
* see Gerseka |
| Grekin {10} | Graach on the Moselle [49.933°N 7.064°E], RP |
| Greminsten {144} | see Gerimsheim |
| Grikiaburg [379] | Graach on the Moselle [49.933°N 7.064°E], RP |
| Gronsport [300] | Location traditionally called 'Gänsefürtchen' on the Moselle's mouth [50.37°N 7.60°E], Koblenz, RP |
| Grönasund [20]{57} | Location between Møn and Falster islands, Denmark |
| Hamaland | Region on the Ijssel (Netherlands), rolling out to Ems river, LS |
| Her [38]
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Herhof, estate [51.097°N 7.675°E] at Meinerzhagen, NRW |
| Hesbania
Hesbanien {6} Hespane |
La Hesbaye, region around Namur on the Meuse (Maas), Belgium |
| Heunenland [52] | see Hunaland |
| Himblinga-
Himlinge- land {76} |
see Amelungenland |
| Hispania(m)
Hispanien[9,131] |
see Hesbania |
| Hofferd(h) {385}
Hoffert [403] |
Hüffert location at Warburg [51.49°N 9.16°E], NRW |
| Hol(l)mgard [45] {17} | former name of Novgorod, Russia
(Ritter remarks Polish 'Nowogard' [53.6675°N 15.1213°E] for part I of Vilcina saga.) |
| Holsthen [403] | Region of Schleswig-Holstein, State of Germany |
| Hum(b)lunge-,
Humlinge-, Humlunge- -land {76} |
see Amelungenland |
| Hunaland {24}
Huneland {24} Hünenland {24} |
Westphalia and western parts of Svava, Saxony, NRW & LS |
| Hwetland [92] | ('Vanland') see Willand |
| Hymaland | see Huneland |
| see Visar | |
| Ispania, Ispanian {6} | see Hesbania |
| Iutaland(h) {59}
Jotland [70] Jwtland {59} |
Jutland |
| Kallaelffua,
Kallaffua, Kallava [20] Kallawa {56} |
see Ballova |
| Langbarden- land [247,264,392] | see Lumberdi |
| Limberg | Castle at Börninghausen [52.277°N 8.510°E], NRW |
| Lippa | Lippe river, NRW |
Lumberdi {357,371} Lungbarde [247,264,392] |
see http://www.badenhausen.net/harz/svava/MonasteriumLudewici.pdf |
| Lur-, Lyr- [forest] [35,371]
Lurnvald Lutuvald Lyravald {83} Lyrawoll Lyrowal |
Sauerland, region around Arnsberg [51.40°N 8.06°E], NRW |
| Maenstrborg
M(a)estrborg [367] |
Münster [51.95°N 7.63°E], NRW |
| Mar(k)stein [80,95] | Marburg [50.81°N 8.77°E], HE |
| Möre [338] | German name for a lake or pond caused by a large water nearby |
| Mundia {230}[264]
Mundina Mundinsiat [375] |
geological bay between the Eiffel and the Rhine, NRW.
Centre: region of Mündt and Müntz [50.984°N 6.367°E], the latter noted of historical and archaeological importance in connection with 'Mundiacum', location of Germania secunda provided by Olympiodoros. |
| Musala
Musula [302] |
Moselle river, its mouth spelled as 'sea' (= lake) in [313] |
| Naugard {17} | second name of Novgorod, Russia
(Ritter remarks Polish 'Nowogard' [53.6675°N 15.1213°E] for part I of Vilcina saga.) |
| Nibelungenland [150]
Nif(f)linge Nif(f)lunge Nöfflinge- Nöfflunge- land {161} |
'Niflungs': Name of a folk in the Eiffel, cf 'Neffel' rivulet |
| Nogard {17} | see Naugard |
| Nyfflinge-
Nyfflunge- land {161} |
see Nif(f)linge |
| Oldensael(ia) [43] | see Aldinsæla |
| Ömlungaland
Örlungaland |
see Amelungenland
Harlunga territory on the Ahr's fall into the Rhine (see Fritala) |
| Osneck [40]
Osnem {96} Osning [40] Ossyen {96} |
1. Teutoburg Forests, NRW and LS
cf 'Osnabrück' [52.28°N 8.05°E] 2. Region of Euskirchen [50.66°N 6.78°E], NRW, but not [40],{96} |
| Pæclær, Pæclar {36} | see Bakalar |
| Palerna- land {17} | see Polarna |
| Palltica
Paltes(kia) [45,287] |
Polozk, Byelorussia |
| Polarna- land {17}
Pollerna- land {17} |
Region of the l a t e r Poland as the MSS referring to Vilkina saga and King Isung's fall. |
| Puli [13,84] | 'Pellenz': Mayen [50.326°N 7.223°E], RP, by Rev. Konrad Kowollik,
or, 4.5 miles to south,
Polch [50.30°N 7.31°E], RP, by Heinz Ritter |
| Pulina- [134,272]
Pullerna- {17} Pullia- land {149 Sv A} |
see Polarna
see Þulinaland |
| Raam [380]{356}
Râm {355} Ran [379] Ran(a) {355}[258] Ranocy [379] |
1. Ramershoven (the former Ramesanva – Ramesowa,
historical location mentioned as property of the Pippins) [50.64°N
6.96°E], NRW
In more plausible strategical context of the MSS by Otto Reichl Edition of Thidreks saga, 1989:784-785: 2. the topographical Rahn – Rähn [50.315°N 7.37°E] near Kaan [50.299°N 7.34°E], RP; see chapter 'Ran - Rana' at http://www.badenhausen.net/harz/svava/Thidrekssaga-Mosel.pdf |
| Reuzen [273] | People of Rytzeland |
| Rimi | Rehme [52.23°N 8.82°E] at Bad Oeynhausen, NRW |
| Rimslo [43] | northern forests of Riemsloh [52.18°N 8.42°E] at Melle, LS |
| Rin, Rina(r) [256] | Rhine river (Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands) |
| Rom {10}
Rom(e) [13] Romaburg |
(Roma secunda:) Trier on the Moselle [49.76°N 6.65°E], RP |
| Room {355}[379] | see Ran |
| Rumslo {105} | see Rimslo |
| Runslo | see Rimslo |
| Ruzcia-land [18] | see Rytze-land |
| Rwnslo {105} | see Rimslo |
| Rytze- land {17} | Baltic parts from Livonia to Novgorod, Russia. |
| Salerna(e) {1}
Salerni [1] |
Region of the Salians, (eg:) Sauvenière ('Salvenerias') [50.5817°N 4.7254°E], Belgium |
| Samson {1} [1] | location: village and castle on the Meuse [50.4653°N 4.9990°E], Belgium |
| Sarkastein [248] | see Wasekenstein |
| Sassen {113}
Sassen,Sassia [403] |
Saxony |
| Scanöy [45,91] | a former region of Denmark |
| Sealand, resp
Seeland {18,55} [18,48] |
Danish island, (con-)temporarily belonging to Sweden. |
| Smaland [289]
Smalendska |
Region of Smolence, Russia |
| see Hesbania | |
| Sporta [344] | see Thorta |
| Suava, Suawen [403]
Sueben, Sueven |
see Svava |
| Susa(t) {33}[63,84]
Susack, Susam |
Soest [51.57°N 8.11°E], NRW |
| Suithiod [45] | see Svithiod |
| Svava -land [74]
Svav(i)a [15,17] |
generic term for central German region including the northern and north-eastern lands in the Harz Mountains |
| Svia [45] | Sweden |
| Svithiod [18] | Baltic Sealand |
| Swaweren {8} | (ethn) a former Rhinelandish tribe (cf 'Schwaben-wald' location near Ahrweiler at Bonn [50.74°N 7.09°E], NRW) |
| Sweden [18] | Sweden |
| Tal {152} | Thale on Bode river [51.757°N 11.044°E], Harz, Germany |
| Talingeland {149 Sv A} | see Þulinaland |
| Tarlunga -land [131]
Tarlunge- land {148} |
'Darlingau', region around Wolfburg [52.43°N 10.77°E], LS |
| Thiody [21] | 'Thy': northwestern cap of Jutland |
| Thorta [344] | (also mentioned in Karlamagnús saga ) Dortmund [51.51°N 7.46°E], NRW |
| Þulinaland,
Thulinaland [134] Thulingalandh {149 Sv B} |
Region on the Elbe, in all probability: Thuringia
(Location related to King Sigmund and King Drasolph) |
| Thy [21] | see Thiody |
| Torkerer {8} | (ethn) see Turkerer |
| Treborg
Trelin(n)borg [256] |
other name of Fritila castle (cf Nordic Tre = Wood, wooden), most likely a wooden fortress (by Hans-Jürgen Hube: Thidreks Saga) |
| Treya [40] | Drau river, Germany |
| Trident -thal [99]
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Troisdorf and Sieg river valley ('thal') [50.81°N 7.16°E], NRW |
| Troia [40] | see Treya |
| Tulingalandh {149} | see Thulinaland |
| Tummat(h)orp [91]{114} | Östra Tommarp [55.536°N 14.236°E], Skåne |
| Turkerer {8} | (ethn) 'Turkilingians', a former tribe that moved from the lower Danube, their origin location, to the Moselle, region of Trier, RP |
| Turnborg | other name of Fritila castle |
| Ty [21] | see Thiody |
| Tyra [220] | (Location related to Jarl Apollonius:) Thür [50.357°N
7.278°E], RP (by Hans-J. Hube and the editor);
see www.badenhausen.net/harz/svava/MonasteriumLudewici.pdf, Endnote 26. |
| Ungara -skog [231]
Ungaria [12] |
Ingara: Engeris(gau), adjacent to the south of German
'Siebengebirge' (centre [50.69°N 7.23°E])
belonging to a former tribe Ungeren |
| Ungeren {8} | (ethn) Ingrion(ian)s |
| Vadhincusan [396] | see Wadhincusan |
| Vaskastein [84] | see Wasekenstein |
| Vallterborg [58] | see Villeraborg |
| Valslöngu- [221] | Westerwald, hilly woodlands bordered today by lower Sieg, the Rhine, Lahn and Dill rivers, NRW, RP, HE |
| Venedi(e) {12}[15] | Wenden [50.97°N 7.87°E], Oberbergisches Land, NRW.
The MMS clearly distinguish between Venedi(e) ("Venethi") and Winland (large region on the lower Elbe), see Mbh 203 resp Mb 225. |
| Vermintza
Vermista Verniza [319] Vernica |
Firmenich, the former Virmenich castle
[50.6312°N 6.6885°E] Virnich castle [50.6382°N 6.6655°E] Irnich castle [50.6440°N 6.6367°E] Vernich (etymologically based on a Roman fundator called Varinius) [50.7360°N 6.8355°E] |
| Vil... see Wil... | |
| Villeraborg
[58,63] Vilkinaborg [58] |
Vilteburg castle at Utrecht [52.1°N 5.1.69°E], Netherlands |
| Vin(d)land(h) {17} | see Winland |
| Visar | Emscher river, NRW |
| Viticinaburg [63] | see Villeraborg |
| see Wasekenstein |
| Wadhincusa(m/n) [396]
Wadhinkusa(m/n) {377} |
Wedinghausen monastery [51.3925°N 8.0650°E], NRW |
| Walslanga- [forest] [221] | see Valslanga- |
| Walterburg [58]
Walzborg [58] |
see Villeraborg |
| Warn(ia)land | today region of German Mecklenburg |
| Wasekenstein {128}
Waskanste(i)n {128} Waskastein [84] |
Forst (the former 'Vosca') [50.2178°N 7.2506°E], RP |
| Wilcinaland {17}
Wilcinia -land [18,272] |
Territory of a Slavic tribe called Wilzen (Ger) or Vilcinians; temporarily settling in Pomorze, to the east of today's Mecklenburg |
| Wil(l)cinaburg [58] | see Villeraborg |
| Willand [92]{115} | (Ger Wetlands Harde) Vetlanda [57.427°N 15.09°E], Småland |
| Win(n)land {17}[34,45,180,203] | Windland, large region on the lower Elbe |
| Wisar {88} | Emscher river, NRW |
| Wisar(a)
Wisare {59} |
Weser river, LS and other German States |
| see Vernica | |
| Yspanie, Yspanea, Yspaniea {6} | see Hespania |
Chapter Partition
Thidreks saga's Translation & Transcription
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{Translation by F.H. von der Hagen: Mbh}
vs {Transcription by Peringskiöld: Mb}
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