Vem var Rex Germanorum
Postat: 24 september 2015, 19:05
Caesar nämner en förhandling med en Rex Germanorum - germanernas konung. Vem var han månne- en stamhövding, eller kanske en hövding för flera olika germanska stammar eller folk?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariovistus
“Ariovistus is described by Caesar as rex Germanorum”
“Ariovistus was a native of the Suebi. He spoke Gaulish fluently.”
Ang etymologin bakom namnet:
“The reconstructed *harja is actually attested in Runic inscriptions as Harja and Harijaz standing alone (possibly meaning a man of the Harii) Harijaz Leugaz (Lugii?) and Swaba-harjaz (Suebi?) in combination, as well as being a prefix in Hari-uha "first warrior" and Hariwolafz "battle wolf".”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suebi
“Classical authors noted that the Suevic tribes, compared to other Germanic tribes, were very mobile, and not reliant upon agriculture.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin
“writing about the religion of the Suebi (a confederation of Germanic peoples), he comments that "among the gods Mercury is the one they principally worship.”
“Other contemporary evidence may also have led to the equation of Odin with Mercury”
Det är frestande att se kung Ariovistus som kung Arvid, vilket dock inte verkar funka etymologiskt:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvid
Arvid eller Arnvid är ett mansnamn som kommer av det fornnordiska Arnviðr, som är sammansatt av ord med betydelserna 'örn' och 'skog'. En sidoform är Arved. Ursprunget till namnet bör dock vara indoeuropeiskt eftersom namnet finns i andra former. Till exempel i Litauiska, "Arvydas".
Kollar man på tidigare nämnda Hariwulfa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stentoften_Runestone
The name Hariwulfa is a combination of hari meaning "warrior" and wulafa "wolf," while the haþu of Haþuwulfz means "battle."[6] It has been suggested that the assignment of such lycophoric names may have been related to ritualistic practices and religious wolf-symbolism used in the initiation of young warriors.[7] A shortened form of the name Hariwulfa survived into the Viking Age and is attested in the inscription on the Hærulf Runestone.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A6rulf_Runestone
Hærulf.[3] This name is a shortened form of the Proto-Norse name Hariwulfa or HariwulfR, which means either "Warrior-Wolf" or "War Host-Wolf,"
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf
”En alternativ etymologi är att namnet Beowulf skulle vara en variant av fornengelska Beaduwulf (urnordiska *Baduwulfaz), med betydelsen Stridsvarg”
Ariovistus kan således vara en föregångare till Beowulf.