Stelle Hunc, inquit, sinum multae circunse...; (Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (1075 - 1076), IV.12 (p.241)) [4934]

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Text Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (1075 - 1076) Adam of Bremen
Quotation Hunc, inquit, sinum multae circunsedent nationes. Dani siquidem ac Sueones, quos Nortmannos vocamus, et septentrionale litus et omnes in eo insulas tenent. Ad litus australe Sclavi, Haisti aliaeque diversae incolunt nationes, inter quas precipuae sunt Welatabi, qui et Wilzi dicuntur. Dani et Sueones ceterique trans Daniam populi ab hystoricis Francorum omnes vocantur Nortmanni, cum tamen Romani scriptores eiusmodi vocent Yperboreos, quos Martianus Capella multis laudibus extollit.
Translation Many peoples, Einhard says, occupy the shores of this sea. The Danes and the Swedes, whom we call Northmen, hold both its northern shore and all the islands off it. The Slavs, the Esths, and various other peoples inhabit the eastern shore; amongst them the Welatabi, also called the Wilzi, are the most important. The Danes and the Swedes and the other peoples beyond Denmark are all called Northmen by the historians of the Franks, although the Roman writers named men of this kind Hyperboreans, whom Martianus Capella extolled with many commendations. (Trans. Tschan, p. 195)
Quotation source IV.12 (p.241)
Temporal Coverage 814 - 830
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