Geographic Glossary
Geografisches Glossar Thidrekssaga

with Ethnological Remarks
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Þiðreks saga
Didriks Chronicle Svava
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Membrane + Icelandic MSS
 

Basing on research by

Heinz Ritter †

Ernst F. Jung †
Otto Klaus Schmich
Rev Konrad Kowollik
Rolf Badenhausen, Editor.

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This document is appendix of
www.badenhausen.net/harz/svava/MerovingSvava.htm

.Revised: 2008-04-20
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 Notes and
 Abbreviations
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 Optional number of first or any further quoting by Svava chapter. Basic sources: Skokloster-Codex I / 115 & 116, quarto, resp E 9013 ("Sv A, B"), Riksarkivet Stockholm, and the fragmentary K 45, 4o. Published in German as 'Die Didriks-Chronik oder die Svava' by Heinz Ritter who closely refers to 'SAGAN OM DIDRIK AF BERN efter svenska handskrifter' by Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius, published at Stockholm, 1850-1854. (New chapter partition in German edition by H. Ritter.)
[]
 Optional chapter number of first or any further quoting by Old Norse Membrane, catalogued as Perg. fol. nr 4., Kungliga Biblioteket Stockholm, completed with E 9013 and Icelandic MSS such as Papp. fol. nr 100., Kungliga Biblioteket Stockholm, based upon Austfjarðabók codex related to AM 177, fol.
Basic source is German translation by Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen who by own chapter partition thus closely refers to the Peringskiöld edition of Thidreks saga, 1715. 
The editor refers to chapter enumeration (=Mbh) based upon F. H. v. d. Hagen's version (s. partition chart on the document's bottom).
Fixed width font type
 Term by Thidreks saga MS
Name
 impossible geographical name in context of non-revised translations or other epic sources
NRW:
 North Rhine Westphalia, State of Germany
LS:
 Lower Saxony, State of Germany
RP:
 Rhineland Palatinate, State of Germany
(ethn):
 ethnological
(Ger):
 German spelling
(Lat):
 Latin spelling
GPS Format:
 Decimal [°N °E]
(Approximate position data mainly referring to the centre of towns and villages.)
A(e)ngland(h) {231}[252] England 
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
Alps (the A.) [17] Harz Mountains, Germany (see Svava)
Amelungenland [99,246,259] Region in the Eiffel
Appolij {1} Foreland of north-western Eiffel, including the Hesbaye and the so-called 'Carbon woodland'
Apulia [13,84] see Puli
Aumlungaland
Aurlingaland
Aurlungaland [246,259]		 see Amelungenland
Austrriki [45,325]
Austria		 '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
Bartinga -borgh {97,184} see Bertanga
Becculær {36} see Bakalar
Beringsheim [126] see Gerimsheim
Berne {8}[11] the former VARNENVM or VARNE [50.729°N 6.197°E] at Kornelimünster, Aachen, NRW, by O.K. Schmich, Rolf Badenhausen
Bonn [50.74°N 7.09°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 
Bavarians		 (ethn) a former ribe in the region of Cologne (cf 'Beyenthal') with certain relation to Celtic 'Boi' ('Boier')
Borgarskog, Borgvalld [95] see Burgwald
Brandenburg 
Brandingaburg [220,269]		 Land [220]: location in King Attala's territory
Town [269]: region of Berlin, capital of Germany
Bratinga- borg see Bertanga
Bretagne [40] see Bertanga
Brictan Brixen [35] Brechten [51.58°N 7.46°E] at Dortmund, NRW
Britaniam {97}
Britannia,
Brittanga
[211] [220]		 see Bertanga
Burgwald [95] forest, ca 5 miles to the north of Marburg [50.81°N 8.77°E], Hessen, State of Germany
Caucasus [20] 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 [51.868889°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
Fridsälu see Fritalea
Frisia [63] The Frisian coast lands, Germany and Netherlands
Fritala-
Fritalea {10}
Fritila -borg [100] {227}[244]		 Place of residence of the 'Harlungen' (A(h)rlungen): Castle on the Rhine near the Ahr's mouth in the region of Linz [50.568°N 7.277°E], RP, by O.K. Schmich.
Harlungen home location covered today by Arenfels castle (the former Argen fels [50.526°N 7.310°E]) re(?)-built in 1258/1259 at Bad Hönningen.
Furt Verden [52.92°N 9.23°E] on the Aller, LS
Garda, on LakeG., Italy [38,383] 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 (now between eastern Lithuania and Byelorussia), named in deeds of the Abbot of Dünamünde, 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
MS A: Gransport, Graensport
MS B: Grunzport, Grunsport, Grönsport
Greece [13,49]
Greganburg [379]
Gregenburg
Greken- borg* [49,84]{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]
Garda		 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 
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 Saxony, NRW & LS 
Hungary [9]
Hwetland [92] see Vanland
Hymaland see Huneland
Isarus [37] 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
Lombardy
Lumberdi {357}
Lungbarde [247,264,392]		 Region around Rom, derived from Lampaden ('Lamparden') at Trier on the Moselle [49.65°N 6.70°E], RP
Lur-[forest] [35,371]
Lurnvald
Lutuvald
Lyra- vald {83}
Lyrawoll
Lyro- wal		 Sauerland with Oberbergisches Land, NRW, centre:  [51,0°N 7.6°E]
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], Hessen, State of Germany
Möre [338] German name for a lake or pond caused by large water nearby
Mundia {230}[264]
Mundina
Mundinsiat [375]		 geological bay between the Eiffel and the Rhine, NRW
Musala
Musula [302]		 Moselle river, its mouth spelled as 'sea' (= lake) in [313]
Naugard {17} second name of Novgorod, Russia
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		 either Humlungaland (see Amelungenland) or adjacent Harlungs' territory Örlungaland (see Fritalea); possibly mixed up by the MS writer
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
Paltes(kia) [45,287] Polozk, Russia
Polarna- land {17}
Pollerna- land {17}		 Poland by means of 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, by 4.5 miles in southern air-line:
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]
Ram {355}
Ran(a) {355}[258]
Ranocy [379]
Ravenna
1. Rimburg [50.92°N 6.085°E] at the former Gallic-Roman Coriovallum by Otto Klaus Schmich    – or –
2. Ramershoven (the former Ramesanva/Ramesowa, historical location, property of the Pippins) [50.64°N 6.96°E], NRW, by Heinz Ritter 
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. 
[The editor's latest research does not support Vilkina saga as asynchronous corpus alieni.]
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 [50.46525°N 4.9990°E], Belgium
Sarkastein [248] see Wasekenstein
Sassen {113} 
Sassen,Sassia [403]		 Saxony
Scanöy [45,91] 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
Spain [9] 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]
Sweden, Alps		 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] Dortmund [51.51°N 7.46°E], NRW
Þulinaland,
Thulinaland [134]
Thulingalandh {149 Sv B}		 Region on the Elbe, most possibly Thuringia 
(Location related to King Sigmund and King Drasolph)
Thy [21] see Thiody
Thyra Thier [51.08°N 7.36°E], Sauerland, NRW
Torkerer {8}  (ethn) see Turkerer
Treborg
Trelinnburg [256]		 other name of Fritila castle
Treya [40] Drau river, Germany 
Trident -thal [99]
Trient, Triest		 Troisdorf and Sieg river valley ('thal') [50.81°N 7.16°E], NRW, by Rolf Badenhausen
Troia [40] see Treya
Tulingalandh {149} see Thulinaland
Turkerer {8} (ethn) "Turkilingians", a former tribe that moved from the lower Danube, their origin location, to the Moselle, region of Trier [49.76°N 6.65°E], RP
Turnborg other name of Fritila castle
Tyra [220] see Thyra
Ungara -skog [231]
Ungaria [12]
"Ungarn"
Hungary		 'Engerisgau', adjacent to the south of German Siebengebirge (centre [50.69°N 7.23°E]) 
belonging to the former Ungeren
Ungeren {8} (ethn) Ingrion(ian)s
Vadhincusan [396] see Wadhincusan
Vaskastein [84] see Wasekenstein
Vallterborg [58] see Villeraborg
Valslanga- forest [221] Westerwald, hilly woodlands on eastern Rhine to the south of Bonn, bordered by Sieg and Lahn river, Germany
Vanland [92] former region of Denmark
Venedi(e) {12}
Venice [15]		 Wenden [50.97°N 7.87°E] (Oberbergisches Land) NRW
Vermintza
Vermista
Vernica 
Verniza [319]		 Firmenich (formerly: Virmenich) [50.63°N 6.69°E] at Zülpich, NRW
Vil...  see also Wil...
Villeraborg
[58,63]
Vilkinaborg [58]		 Vilteburg castle at Utrecht [52.1°N 5.1.69°E], Netherlands
Vin(d)land(h) {17}[34] see Winland
Visar  Emscher river, NRW
Viticinaburg [63] see Villeraborg
Vosges [84] see Wasekenstein
Wadhincusa(m/n) [396]
Wadhinkusa(m/n) {377}		 Wadgassen [49.27°N 6.79°E], monastery (formerly: Waddingozzan), Saarland, Germany
Walslanga- [forest] [221] see Valslanga-
Walterburg [58] 
Walzborg   [58]		 see Villeraborg
Warn(ia)land Region about German Mecklenburg
Wasekenstein {128}
Waskanste(i)n {128}
Waskastein [84]		 Forst ('Vosca') [50.22°N 7.25°E], RP
Wetlands-Harde [92] former region of Denmark
Wilcinaland {17}
Wilcinia -land [18,272]		 Territory of a Slavic tribe called Wilzen (Ger) or Vilcinian; temporarily settling in Pomorze, to the east of today's Mecklenburg
Willcinaburg [58] see Villeraborg
Windland 
Win(n)land {17}[34]		 eastern region on the lower Elbe
Wisar {88} Emscher river, NRW
Wisar(a)
Wisare {59}		 Weser river, LS and other German States
Worms,
Varmacia (Lat)		 see Vernica
Yspanie, Yspanea, Yspaniea {6} see Hespania

 

Chapter Partition
Thidreks saga's Translation & Transscription
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{Translation by F.H. von der Hagen: Mbh}  vs  {Transscription by Peringskiöld: Mb}

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Mbh Mb
 1   1
 9   9
11  11
12  12
13  13
15  15
17  18
18  23
20  58
21  62
34  82
35  84
37  89
38  90
43 104
44 105-7
45  21
48  25
49  26
52  29
56  33
58  35
63  41
65  43
67  44
74  49
80  55
84 241
89 109
Mbh Mb
 91 111
 92 112
 95 117
100 123
126 147
131 152
134 155
150 169
211 233
220 245
221 246
224 250
231 258
244 272
246 274
247 275
248 276
252 279
256 282
258 283
264 287
267 289
269 291
272 294
273 295
287 310
289 312
294 317
299 321
Mbh Mb
300 322
302  
313 336
319 342
325 349
326 350
328 352
329 353
332 356
337 363
338 364
340 366
341 367
349  
355 381
356 382
365 391
367 393
369 396
371 398
372 399
373 400
374  
375 403
376 407
377 409
379 412
380 414
381 415