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Line 69
| mid |
Rugum |
ic |
wæs |
ond |
mid |
Glommum |
ond |
mid |
Rumwalum. |
| mid |
Rugas |
ic |
wesan |
ond |
mid |
Glomman |
ond |
mid |
Rumwalas |
| prep |
dpn |
pn |
psv |
conj |
prep |
dpn |
conj |
prep |
dpn |
| with |
the Rugi |
I |
was |
and |
with |
the Glomman |
and |
with |
Rome-foreigners |
Translation
With the Rugians I was and with the Glomman and with the Romans.
Named Entities
- Rugas: These are the same people as the Holmrycgas of line 21, known to history as the Rugii or the Rugians. Wikipedia
- Glomman: A tribe perhaps the same as Tacitus's Lemovii on the Oder estuary (tgn 1228010, http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1128010).
- Rumwalas: Malone (193) identifies the Rumwalas as the eastern Roman empire, which is heavily disputed by other authors @@@ Check Weiskott