dialect groups, and matching peoples, in Europe around the year 1 AD:
North Germanic peoples: West Germanic peoples: East Germanic peoples: ===
East Germanic peoples (
Vandilians) === •
Avarpi •
Burgundians /
Burgundiones /
Burgundes /
Burgodiones (
Frugundiones? may have been a variant of
Burgundiones with the "B" as an "F" Furgundiones > Frugundiones) (
Urugundes? may have been a variant of
Burgundes without the initial "B" (B)urugundes > Urugundes, i.e. the
Burgundians) (at the time of the
Migration Period and
Decline of the Roman Empire, they founded the
Burgundian Kingdom) (
Burgundians or part of them may have dwelt in
Bornholm island for a time – old name of the island was
Borgundarholm) (they were assimilated by the
Gallo-Roman majority, however their
ethnonym was the origin for the name of the region
Burgundy –
Bourgogne):
Nibelungs (
Old German) /
Niflung (
Old Norse), clan that was the Burgundian royal house known as
Gibichungs (
Old German) or
Gjúkings (
Old Norse) •
Goths /
Gothones /
Gutones /
Gautae /
Geats •
Gepids •
Goths /
Hreidgoths •
Gothi Minores •
Greuthungi (direct ancestors or an older name of the
Ostrogoths) •
Ostrogoths /
Hreiðgoths (at the time of the
Migration Period and
Decline of the Roman Empire, they founded the
Ostrogothic Kingdom in
Pannonia, northern
Illyria and
Italia) (they were assimilated by the
Italo-Roman majority) •
Crimean Goths (existed as a people until 16th and 17th centuries in southern
Crimea Peninsula or
Taurida Peninsula) (they were later assimilated by
Crimea Germans,
Black Sea Germans,
Crimean Greeks and
Crimean Tatars) •
Thervingi (direct ancestors or an older name of the
Visigoths) •
Visigoths (at the time of the
Migration Period and
Decline of the Roman Empire, they founded the
Visigothic Kingdom in Southern
Gaul and
Hispania) (they were assimilated by the
Hispano-Roman majority) •
Herules, East Germanic (East Germanic
Herules) • East
Herules • West
Herules •
Lemovii (=
Turcilingi?) (also probably identical with
Widsith's
Glommas, Glomma or Glomman was the singular form) •
Lugians (
Longiones?) (=
Vandals?) •
Buri (
Lugi Buri) (part of the
Buri accompanied the
Suebi in their invasion of
Hispania, the
Iberian Peninsula, and established themselves in a mountainous area of modern
northern Portugal in the 5th century. They settled in the region between the rivers
Cávado and
Homem, in the area known as
Terras de Bouro (Lands of the
Buri) –
Bouros =
Buri –
Buros in the masculine
accusative Latin declension) •
Diduni (
Lugi Diduni) /
Dunii /
Duni (Δοῦνοι –
Doūnoi was the Greek variant of the Latin name) •
Harii •
Helisii /
Elysii /
Helusii /
Hellusii •
Manimi /
Omani? /
Omanii? (
Lugi Omani?) (the
Omani may have been the same as the
Manimi) •
Marsigni •
Vandals /
Vandilii (at the time of the
Migration Period and
Decline of the Roman Empire, they migrated towards West allied with a
Sarmatian Iranian people, the
Alans, and founded the
Vandalic Kingdom first in the Southern and Western regions of
Hispania,
Iberian Peninsula, the
Hasdingi Vandals, settled in
Gallaecia, the
Silingi vandals settled in
Baetica, roughly today's
Andalusia; sometime after many left
Hispania, and migrated to
North Africa) (they were assimilated by the
Hispano-Roman majority in
Hispania, however their
ethnonym was the origin for the name of the region
Andalusia –
(V)andalusia and for the
Arabic name of
Hispania and the
Iberian Peninsula –
Al-Andalus) (they were assimilated by the
Berber majority and
African-Romans in
North Africa, including the
Moors, in the narrow sense, the descendants of the
Mauri) •
Asdingi /
Astingi /
Hasdingi (
Haddingjar?) •
Helvecones /
Helveconae /
Aelvaeones /
Elouaiones (possibly the
Ilwan and
Eolas of
Widsith;
Eolas was the nominative plural and
Eolum the dative plural) •
Lacringes /
Lacringi •
Nahanarvali •
Silingi (same as the
Nahanarvali?) (at one point they lived in
Silesia, and the name of this region could be derived from their
ethnonym as well as, although indirectly,
Andalusia –
(V)andal-usia, where
Silingi Vandals initially settled in
Hispania) •
Victohali /
Victuali /
Victabali •
Rugi /
Rugii / /
Ulmerugi / Variant
Latin name for the
Rugians:
Rugiclei? /
Greek names and variants for the
Rugians:
Rougíklioi /
Routiklioi •
Sciri •
Angisciri •
Sulones (may have been the same as the
Silingi) •
Turcilingi /
Torcolingi (may have been ancestors of part of the
Thuringians) •
Vidivarii •
Visburgi /
Visburgii ===
North Germanic peoples (
Norsemen) === , with a selection of tribes in
Iceland during the ninth century AD or CE,
Settlement of Iceland time on
Greenland, covering approximately the modern municipality of
Kujalleq. Eiriksfjord (Erik's fjord) and his farm
Brattahlid are shown, as is the location of the bishopric at
Garðar, Greenland. •
East North Germanic (
East Scandinavians) •
Ahelmil •
Aviones /
Chaibones /
Eowan (more probably they lived in
Öland island, southeastern
Sweden, and not in
Jutland Peninsula) •
Bergio •
Brondingas /
Brondingar (
Brondings) (East North Germanic tribe that lived in the island of
Brännö, west of
Gothenburg in the
Kattegatt) •
Danes (Germanic tribe):
Scyldingas (
Skjöldungar) clan •
Dauciones •
Eunixi •
Evagreotingis /
Evagres •
Favonae •
Fervir (in
Fyæræ) •
Finnaithae (old name for
Finnveden, the name derives from an old Germanic word for hunters –
finn, they were not necessarily
Finnic or
Saami) (they lived in
Finnveden, Western
Småland) •
Firaesi /
Phiraisoi •
Gevlegas /
Gevlegar (
Gefflegas /
Gevlegs) (East North Germanic tribe that dwelt in today's
Gävleborg County) •
Goths, Scandinavian (
Scandinavian Goths) •
Geats /
Gautigoths, Scandinavian (
Scandinavian Gautigoths) /
Gautae •
Ostrogothae, Scandinavian (Scandinavian Ostrogoths):
Wulfings /
Ylfings clan •
Gutes /
Gotlanders /
Vagoths /
Valagoths • Hallin /
Hilleviones? (possibly they lived in
Halland and were the same as the tribe called Hallin by
Jordanes) •
Hälsingas /
Hälsingar (
Hälsings) (East North Germanic tribe that lived in
Hälsingland) •
Herules, Scandinavian (Scandinavian
Herules /
Erules) •
Hocings (tribe or clan of Hnæf, son of
Hoc Healfdene – Hoc, the Half Dane, mentioned by
Widsith, may have been the same chieftain known as
Haki by the
Norsemen, mentioned in the
Ynglinga Saga) •
Levoni /
Levonii •
Liothida • Mixi •
Njars •
Otingis •
Sitones •
Suðrmenn (in
Södermanland) •
Suiones /
Sviones /
Suehans /
Suetidi /
Suetides (ancient
Swedes) (
Svíar):
Wægmunding clan;
Ynglings /
Scylfings clan (
Scylfingas /
Skilfingar) •
Västermännen (in
Västmanland) (
Svionic tribe that lived to the west of
Uppland) (not to be confused with the
Vestmenn –
Old Norse word for the
Gaels of
Ireland and
Britain) •
Virdar (in
Småland) •
Theustes •
Vinili /
Winnili /
Vinoviloth (Scandinavian
Lombards or
Longobards or
Langobards):
Hundingas /
Hundings clan? •
Normans – they were formed by the merger and assimilation of a
North Germanic-speaking minority and
Frankish (
West Germanic) minority with a
Gallo-Roman majority,
ethnogenesis of the native people inhabiting
Normandy, in
France •
Anglo-Normans •
West North Germanic (
West Scandinavians) •
Adogit /
Halogit /
Háleygir (they lived in
Hålogaland) (northernmost Germanic tribe) •
Aprochi •
Arothi ("
Arochi") •
Augandii /
Augandzi (
Egðir) /
Augandxii (in
Agder, southern
Norway) •
Chaedini /
Chaedenoi (possibly in
Hedemark /
Hedmark) •
Doelir (possibly a tribe that lived inland, in the valleys of
Dalen, Telemark,
Tokke,
Telemark, many of the counties were based on older tribal lands or territories) •
Filir /
Fjalir •
Firdir (tribe that lived in today's
Sogn og Fjordane county,
Firdafylke was one of two historic counties, many of the counties were based on older tribal lands or territories) •
Granni /
Grenir •
Haðar •
Háleygir •
Heinir /
Heiðnir (Chaideinoi / Haednas) (in
Hedmark,
Norway) •
Horðar (in
Hordaland, known before as
Hordafylke, many of the counties were based on older tribal lands or territories) (not originating from the
Charudes/
Harudes in
Jutland) •
Hringar (name means "rings", from
hring – "ring") •
Lidingar /
Lidingas (a late
Thuringian tribe that lived in
Grabfeld) •
Lentienses •
Lombards /
Langobards /
Longobards (
Vinili) (
Elbe Germanic Lombards) (they lived in
Lüneburg Heath) (at the time of the
Migration Period and
Decline of the Roman Empire, they founded the
Lombard Kingdom) (they were assimilated by the
Italo-Roman majority, however their
ethnonym was the origin for name of the region
Lombardy –
Lombardia) •
Bardes •
Heaðobards /
Hadubardes /
Heaðubeardan (
Headubarden) •
Marcomanni •
Baiuvarii (
Bavarians) •
Mugilones •
Nertereanes •
Quadi /
Coldui /
Danube Suebi •
Old Swabians (
Danube Suebi that migrated westward) (they had a close relation with the
Upper Rhine Alemanni and were descendants from common ancestors but they migrated in an East towards West migration route through the
Danube from what is today's
Moravia and from there from the
Elbe basin in even older times, until they settled in
Swabia) (ancestors of
Swabian German speakers) •
Suebi, Gallaecian (
Gallaecian Suebi) (at the time of the
Migration Period and
Decline of the Roman Empire, they founded the
Kingdom of the Suebi in
Gallaecia, Northwestern
Iberian Peninsula, roughly in today's
Galicia,
North Portugal and North
Central Portugal,
Asturias and
León) (
Suevos) •
Racatriae /
Racatae •
Raetovari •
Scotingi •
Sedusii (a Germanic tribe that dwelled across the eastern region of the
Rhine river and was part of the
Suebic tribal confederation, mentioned by
Julius Caesar) •
Semnones •
Iuthungi /
Juthungi (descendants of the
Semnones) •
Sibini •
Sidini •
Suarines /
Suardones (they may have lived in
Schwerin region) •
Suebi Nicrenses /
Suebi, Neckar (
Neckar Suebi) /
Nictrenses /
Upper Alemanni (
Upper Rhine Alemanni, ancestors of
Alemannic German speakers –
Alemanni in the narrow sense) (they had a close relation with the
Old Swabians and were descendants from common ancestors but they migrated in a direct North towards South migration route from the
Elbe basin until they settled in
Alemannia or
Alamannia and Eastern
Upper Burgundy, roughly in today's Western and Western Central
Baden-Wurtenberg –
Neckar river basin,
Baden,
Alsace,
Lake Constance –
Bodensee region, and Central
Switzerland):
Ahalolfings or
Alaholfings •
Sudini •
Teuriochaemae /
Teuriochaimai •
Triboci •
Varisti /
Varisci /
Narisci /
Naristi •
Victophalians /
Victofalians /
Victophali /
Victofali •
Zumi •
Teutonari /
Teutonoari •
Varini /
Warini /
Auarinoi (may have been the same as the
Varini, a variant name in Greek) /
Viruni /
Quirounoi? or Oúírounoi (possibly a mistaken transliteration of the
Greek Ούίρουνοι = Oúírounoi –
Viruni in
Latin) /
Warni /
Viruni /
Pharodini? /
Farodini? (may have been the same as the
Varini or
Viruni) •
North Sea Germani (
Ingaevones /
Ingvaeones) •
Ambrones (possibly the
Imbers /
Ymbers /
Ymbrum of
Widsith, tribe that dwelt in
Jutland or in the
Emmer (Ambriuna) river region; also they could have lived in the Island of
Amrum, in the
Atlantic coast, or in the island of
Imbra, now known as
Fehmarn, in the
Baltic coast) •
Ampsivarii /
Amsivarii •
Angles /
Anglies • Island Angles / Insular Angles (in
England they merged with
Saxons and
Jutes to form the new ethnolinguistic group of the
Anglo-Saxons) • Mainland Angles / Continental Angles (later assimilated by the
Danes in
Angeln,
Schleswig, North part of
Schleswig-Holstein and by
Frisians,
North Frisians, in Southern
Jutland Peninsula Atlantic coast and islands) (
Aglies? a possible variant of the name Angles) •
Anglevarii /
Angrivarii (
Angrarii /
Angarii) (later assimilated by the
Saxons) •
Angrivarii (
Angrarii /
Angarii) (later assimilated by the
Saxons) •
Caulci (possibly a
North Sea Germanic tribe mentioned by
Strabo, he wrote that they lived close to the Ocean – the
North Sea, they are mentioned along with North Sea Germanic tribes –
Ingaevones) •
Chali / Hallinger •
Charudes /
Harudes /
Arochi •
Chaubi (possibly a
North Sea Germanic tribe mentioned by
Strabo, he wrote that they lived close to the Ocean – the
North Sea, they are mentioned along with North Sea Germanic tribes –
Ingaevones) •
Chauci •
Chauci Maiores •
Chauci Minores /
Hugas (
Saxon Hugas) •
Cherusci (some were assimilated by the Mainland
Saxons) •
Cobandi •
Cimbri /
Cymbri •
Dulgibini /
Dulgubnii •
Eudoses /
Eutes /
Euthiones (ancestors of the
Jutes or a variant name of "Jutes"; Eutes > Iutes > Yutes > Jutes) (
Endoses? possibly a variant of the name "Eudoses") •
Jutes •
Island Jutes (in
England they merged with the
Angles and
Saxons to form the new ethnolinguistic group of the
Anglo-Saxons) •
Mainland Jutes (later assimilated by the
Danes in
Jutland, today's Mainland
Denmark) •
Frisii •
Frisiavones /
Frisiabones (
Frisii Minores) •
Frisii (
Frisii Maiores) (possible ancestors of the
Frisians) •
Old Frisians •
Fundusi (a Germanic tribe that lived in
Jutland) •
Guiones (a tribe mentioned by the
Massiliot Greek sea traveler and explorer
Pytheas in his work –
The Ocean that possibly lived in
Jutland) •
Hæleþan (Haelethan) (tribe that lived near the
Randers Firth in North
Jutland) •
Nuithones /
Nuitones •
Sabalingioi /
Sabalingi •
Saxons (
Old Saxons) •
Island Saxons /
Insular Saxons (in
England they merged with the
Angles and
Jutes to form the new ethnolinguistic group of the
Anglo-Saxons) •
Mainland Saxons /
Nordliudi /
Transalbingians (North of the
Elbe, called before
Alba or
Albis river, in
Holstein) (the original land of the
Saxons) (their land included the
Limes Saxonicus and the
Danish March) •
Holtsaetan /
Holtsaeten /
Holtsati /
Holsatians /
Holcetae (
Holt Saetan – "Forest / Wood Settlement" or "Forest / Wood Settlers" – from which
Holstein originate its name, and not from "Forest Stone") (a Nordalbingian tribe, North of the Elbe river, part of the
Saxon tribal confederation) •
Thietmaresca /
Thiadmariska /
Men of Ditmarsch (in
Dithmarschen) •
Sturmarians (
Sturmarii /
Sturmera) •
Bardi /
Bardongavenses (they lived in
Bardengawi /
Barden gawi /
Bardengau or
Barden Gau) •
Angarians /
Angrians (same as the
Angrivarii or
Angarii) (in
Angaria) (in the plain of
Old Saxony south of the
Elbe and along
Weser river valley) •
Agradingun /
Agradine (lived in Agradingo / Agradingo go) •
Almangas (they lived in
Almango or
Almango go) •
Ammeri •
Bursibani •
Bucki •
Dersi •
Derve •
Heilungun (they lived in
Heilanga /
Heilanga ga) •
Hessi (in Hessa) (a North Hessian tribe assimilated by the Mainland
Saxons) •
Hlisgas (they lived in
Hlisgo or
Hlisgo go) •
Hostingabi /
Hostinga (they lived in
Hostingabi /
Hostinga gabi) •
Huettas (they lived in
Huettago or
Huetta go) •
Lagni •
Lara •
Lidbeke (they lived in Lidbekegowe or
Lidbeke gowe) •
Lohingi (they lived in
Lohingao or
Lohingi gao) •
Moronas (they lived in
Moronga or
Moron ga) •
Mosde •
Netga /
Nete (they lived in
Netga or
Net ga) •
Pathergi /
Padergi (they lived in
Patherga or
Pather ga) •
Sturmi •
Tilithi •
Waldseti /
Waldseton •
Wehsige (in
Wehsigo or
Wehsi go) •
Wigmodia /
Wihmodi (
Bremon, today's
Bremen was in their land) •
Phalians (in
Phalia) (in the plateau of
Old Saxony) •
Eastphalians (
Ostfalahi) (in
Eastphalia) •
Derlinas (they lived in
Derlingowe or
Derlin Gowe –
Derlingau or
Derlin Gau) •
Flutwide •
Frisonovel •
Gretingun /
Gretingas (they lived in
Gretinga /
Gretinga ga) •
Guottingi /
Guddinges /
Gotingi (a Gothic tribe that merged and assimilated to the
Saxons) (they lived in
Guotinga or
Guotinga ga or Gotinga ga,
Göttingen region) •
Hartinas (lived in
Hartingowe or
Hartin gowe) •
Hasi (they lived in
Hasigowe or
Hasi gowe) •
Hastfalon /
Astfalon (they lived in
Hastfalagowe or
Hastfala gowe) •
Maerstem •
Nordsuavi (in
Suavia) (a Northern
Suebi /
Suevi tribe that merged and assimilated to the
Saxons) •
Nortthuringun (a Northern
Thuringian tribe that merged and assimilated to the
Saxons) (lived in
Nortthuringowe or
Nort Thurin gowe) •
Salthgas (they lived in
Salthga or Salth ga) •
Westphalians (
Westfalahi / Westfali) (in
Westphalia) •
Angeron (they lived in Angeron) •
Auas (they lived in
Auga or
Au ga) •
Dreini (they lived in Dreini) •
Grainas (they lived in
Grainga or
Grain ga) •
Hama (a tribe descendant of the
Chamavi /
Hamavi, a
Rhine-Weser Germanic tribe, one component of the
Franks, that was later assimilated by the Mainland
Saxons) (they lived in
Hamaland or
Hama land) •
Hasi (they lived in
Hasagowe) •
Lerige (lived in
Lerige or
Leri ge) •
Nihthersi •
Scopingun •
Sudergo (lived in
Sudergo or
Suder go) •
Theotmalli •
Threcwiti •
Westfalon proper •
Aringon •
Firihsetan /
Virsedi •
Sahslingun •
Scotelingun •
Steoringun •
Thiadmthora •
Waledungun •
Reudigni /
Rendingi /
Randingi /
Rondingas /
Rondings /
Reudignes /
Reudingi /
Reudinges •
Singulones /
Sigulones •
Sturii (a Germanic tribe that lived south of the
Frisii) •
Teutones (
Teutons) •
Anglo-Jutes-Saxons (
Anglian-Jutish-Saxonian tribes, organized in
Tribal Hidages, tribal lands) (new ethnolinguistic group formed by migration toward and settlement of Germanic tribes in
Britannia, today's
England, and also by assimilation of the conquered
British Celts) •
Angles (
Island Angles) •
Northumbrians (North of the
Humber estuary) •
Amoþingas /
Amothingas (
Emmotland in
Yorkshire, anciently
Aet Eamotum, perhaps also
Amotherley, also in
Yorkshire) •
Beodarsæte (Anglian tribe that lived in
Sunderland region) •
Elmedsætan /
Elmetsaete (
Elmet) •
Loidis (Anglian tribe that lived in
Leeds region) •
Southumbrians (South of the
Humber estuary) •
East Angles /
East Anglians (in
East Anglia) •
Herstingas (Anglian tribe that lived in
Cambridge region) •
Ikelgas (Anglian tribe that lived in
Icklingham region) •
Norfolk (Anglian tribe – "North folk" of East Anglia that lived in
Norfolk region) •
Suffolk (Anglian tribe – "South folk" of East Anglia that lived in
Suffolk region) •
Middle Angles /
Midlanders (in
Mercia, roughly today's
Midlands) •
East Middle Angles /
Middle Angles Proper (roughly in today's
Cambridgeshire,
Bedfordshire,
Hertfordshire,
Buckinghamshire and South
Oxfordshire) •
Bilmingas /
Bilmigas (part of south
Lincolnshire) •
Cilternsæte /
Cilternsætan (Settlers of
Chiltern Hills – Middle Anglian tribe or clan) •
Dornwaras (Settlers of
river Dorn – Middle Anglian tribe or clan) •
Færpingas /
Feppingas /
Faerpinga in Middelenglum (
Charlbury and near
Thame) •
Giflas /
Gifle (
River Ivel, near
Bedford) •
Gyrwas /
Gyrwe (Angle tribe or clan that dwelt in the fen) (in the
Fens) (near
Peterborough region) •
North Gyrwas /
North Gyrwe •
Suth Gyrwas /
Suth Gyrwe •
Elge (Anglian tribe that lived in
Elge –
Isle of Ely) •
Hiccas /
Hicce (around today's
Hitchin) •
Hurstingas (
River Ivel, near
Bedford) •
Spaldas /
Spaldingas (Anglian tribe that lived in
Spalding region) •
Sweordoras (
Whittlesey Mere) •
Wideringas (near
Stamford) •
Wigestas •
Willas /
Wille •
East Willas /
East Wille •
West Willas /
West Wille •
Wixnas •
East Wixnas •
West Wixnas •
Lindisfaras (Anglian tribe that lived in
Lindisfarona Tribal Hidage,
Lindsey and North
Lincolnshire) •
Gaininingas /
Gaini (
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire) •
Lindisfarningas (an outlier tribe that lived in the
Lindisfarne island and region in the
Northumbrian coast) •
Mercians /
Mercians Proper (they founded the
Kingdom of Mercia, with Mercian conquests of other
Middle Angles in the 7th and 8th centuries AD, "Mercian" and "Middle Angles" became almost synonymal) •
North Mercians (the
Mercians dwelling north of the
River Trent, roughly in today's East
Staffordshire,
Derbyshire and
Nottinghamshire) •
Reagesate (Anglian tribe that lived in
Repton) •
Snotingas (Anglian tribe that occupied the settlement of
Snottengaham or
Snodengaham – modern
Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire) •
South Mercians (the Mercians dwelling south of the
River Trent, roughly in today's South
Staffordshire and North
Warwickshire) •
Beormingas (Anglian tribe that lived in
Birmingham region) •
Bilsaete (
Bilston) •
Pencersaete (
Penkridge) •
Tomsaete (
Tamworth, Staffordshire) •
Outer Mercians (an early phase of
Mercian expansion, possibly 6th century AD, roughly in today's South
Lincolnshire,
Leicestershire,
Rutland,
Northamptonshire and North
Oxfordshire) •
Undalas (Anglian tribe that lived in
Undaium region, modern-day
Oundle, in
Northamptonshire) •
Wideriggas •
Pecsæte /
Pecsætan (Anglian tribe that lived in today's
Peak District, roughly in North
Derbyshire) •
Herefinnas (
Derbyshire) •
Hwiccians /
Hwincas (
Hwicce) (roughly in today's
Gloucestershire,
Worcestershire and South
Warwickshire) •
Arosæte /
Arosaetan (in and around today's
Droitwich Spa,
Arosætna Tribal Hidage) •
Duddensaete (
Dudley) •
Husmerae (
Kidderminster) •
Stoppingas (Anglian tribe that lived in
Wootton Wawen and the valley of the
River Alne in modern-day
Warwickshire) •
Weorgoran (
Worcester) •
Westernas •
Magonsæte /
Magonsætan (roughly in today's
Herefordshire and South
Shropshire) •
Hahlsæte (
Ludlow) •
Temersæte (
Hereford) •
Wreocensæte (
Wrekinsets) (
Wrēocensǣte,
Wrōcensǣte,
Wrōcesǣte,
Wōcensǣte,
Wocansaete) (Anglian tribe that lived in
Wocansaetna Tribal Hidage) (roughly in today's Northern
Shropshire,
Flintshire and
Cheshire) •
Meresæte (in and around
Chester) •
Rhiwsæte (in and around
Wroxeter,
Shropshire) •
Tribes of the Land Between Ribble and Mersey (Anglian tribes that lived in what is today's
Merseyside, in the
Mersey Valley Land, today's
Manchester and
Liverpool region –
Greater Manchester, and in south of the
Ribble Valley Land, today's South
Lancashire, roughly today's
Lancashire) (a disorganized region under
Mercian control from the 7th century AD) •
Jutes (
Island Jutes) •
Cantwara /
Centingas (
Kentish /
Kentish Men, in
Cantwarena Tribal Hidage,
Kent) •
Andredes Leag (Jute tribe that lived in
Andredsley and
Newenden region in
Kent) •
Boroware (Jute tribe that lived in
Canterbury region) •
Ceasterware (Jute tribe that lived in
Rochester, Kent region) •
Eastorege (Jute tribe that lived in
Sandwich, Kent region) •
Limenwara •
Merscware (Dwellers of
Romney Marsh,
Kent) •
Wihtwara (Wight Islanders) (
Wihtgara Tribal Hidage) (in the
Isle of Wight) •
Meonwara /
Meonware /
Meonsæte (south-east
Hampshire and
Southampton, mainly on the
Meon valley) •
Ytenesæte (Jute tribe that lived in what is today's
New Forest) •
Saxons (
Island Saxons) •
East Saxons (
East Secsenas) (in
Essex) •
Brahhingas (Saxon tribe centred on the settlement of
Braughing in modern-day
Hertfordshire) •
Dæningas /
Daenningas /
Deningei /
Deningel •
Gegingas •
Haeringas •
Haueringas (Saxon tribe or clan that lived in today's
London Borough of Havering,
East End,
London) •
Hroðingas •
Tewingas •
Tota •
Waeclingas •
Middle Saxons (in
Middlesex, roughly in what is today's
Greater London,
Hertfordshire,
Surrey) •
Bedingas (
Bedfordshire) •
Geddingas-Gillingas-Mimmas •
Geddingas •
Gillingas (Saxon tribe or clan that lived in today's
Ealing,
West End,
London) •
Mimmas •
Gumeningas (Saxon tribe or clan that lived in today's
Harrow on the Hill,
West End,
London) •
Hakas (Saxon tribe that lived in
Hackney,
London) •
Noxgaga /
Noxga gā (
gā is cognate of
Gau) (
Berkshire /
Thames Valley Saxons) •
Æbbingas / Aebbingas (
Abingdon) •
Braccingas (
Bracknell) •
Readingas (
Reading) •
Sunningas (
Sonning) •
Woccingas (
Wokingham) •
Padendene (Saxon tribe or clan that lived in
Pæding-tun, modern-day
Paddington,
London) •
Suther-ge (
ge is cognate of
Gau) (
Surrey) •
Ælffingas (
Effingham) •
Godhelmingas (
Godalming) •
Ohtgaga /
Ohtga gā (Somewhere in
Surrey) •
Totingas (
Tooting) •
Wochingas (
Woking) •
South Saxons (
South Saxons') (
Sussex) •
Haestingas (
Hastings) •
West Saxons (in
Wessex) •
Basingas (
Basingstoke) •
Eorlingas (
Arlingham) •
Glasteningas /
Glestingas (
Glastonbury) •
Dornsaete /
Dorsætan (
Dorset) •
Gewisse (
Dorchester on Thames) •
Hendricas (
Wiltshire or
Test Valley) •
Sumortūnsǣte /
Sumorsǣte /
Sumorsætan (
Somerset) •
Unecunga /
Unecung (they lived in
Unecunga Ga –
Unecunga Gau or Land, in the Upper
Thames region) •
Wilsætan (
Wiltshire) •
Weser-Rhine Germani (
Istvaeones) •
Baetasii /
Betasii •
Bructeri /
Bructeres /
Bructuarii /
Borthari? (a possible changed name of
Bructeri) •
Chamavi /
Hamavi (they lived in the region today called
Hamaland, in the
Gelderland province of the
Netherlands, between the
IJssel and
Ems rivers) •
Cugerni •
Falchovarii •
Gamabrivii /
Gambrivii •
Incriones •
Landoudioi / Landi •
Sicambri /
Sigambres /
Sugambri •
Marsi •
Marsaci /
Marsacii •
Salii /
Salians (before formation of the
Franks) (originally they only inhabited the northern Low
Rhine area, in
Salland) (later, those that stayed in
Salland, were conquered and assimilated by the
Saxons) •
Sunici /
Sunuci •
Tencteri (etymology of the tribe's name is
Celtic) •
Tubantes /
Tuihanti •
Ubii •
Usipetes /
Usipii /
Vispi (etymology of the tribe's name is
Celtic) •
Franks /
Hugones (formed by the merging of Wesser-Rhine Germanic tribes –
Istvaeones tribes and by the merging and assimilation of the
Chatti and related tribes) (at the time of the
Migration Period and
Decline of the Roman Empire, they founded the
Frankish Kingdom) (those living in what is today's West Central
Germany and the
Low Countries, mainly
Ripuarian Franks, are the ancestors of the Franconian Germans (traditionally they spoke
Franconian languages) and many of the
Dutch, those living in what is today's
France, mainly
Salian Franks, were assimilated by the
Gallo-Roman majority, however their
ethnonym was the origin for another
ethnonym "
French" of the
French people) •
Ripuarian Franks (originally
Rhine river banks Franks, Eastern
Austrasia Franks,
Rhineland Franks in
Rhineland,
Hesse,
Palatinate and also in
Upper Franconia, that before was
Thuringian) •
Hessian Franks /
Hessians •
Lognai (late Frankish tribe that lived in
Lahngau, west of
Taunus Mountains) •
Moselle Franks •
Nistresi (
Nister Franks?
Diemel Franks?) (a late
Frankish tribe) •
Suduodi (late Frankish tribe) •
Upper Franconia Franks (originally it was a
Thuringian region before
Frankish conquest) •
Wedrecii (late Frankish tribe that lived in around
Wetter river or
Wetterau, east of the
Taunus Mountains) •
Salian Franks (originally they inhabited the northern Low
Rhine area, specifically today's
Salland, later they expanded in the
Low Countries, and most stayed there; even later, many migrated outside Eastern
Austrasia, that included
Rhineland, and beyond
Silva Carbonaria and the
Arduenna Silva, outside the original area of Frankish settlement where
Gallo-Romans were the majority, scattered throughout the territory of the
Kingdom of the Franks, roughly today's
France, especially the northern regions, Western
Austrasia and
Neustria, they were later assimilated by the
Gallo-Roman majority) (later, those that stayed in
Salland, were conquered and assimilated by the
Saxons) •
Low Rhine Franks (
Salian Franks that stayed in the Low
Rhine region of Eastern
Austrasia, later known as the
Low Countries, ancestors of many of the
Dutch and
Flemish) •
Western Austrasian Franks (in Western
Austrasia, out of the Frank majority regions) •
Neustrian Franks (in
Neustria or
Neustrasia, out of the Frank majority regions) == Germanic peoples or tribes of unknown ethnolinguistic kinship ==