NeilMackay
@NeilMackay
Journalist, author, filmmaker, broadcaster. Made in Ireland, found in Scotland. Writer at Large @heraldscotland MDANT๐
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10-12-2008 15:44:03
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It kicks butt how some Germanic tribes were named after weapons. The Angles were โthe Fishhooksโ (๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ), the Saxons were โthe Knivesโ (๐๐ฆ๐ข๐น๐ข๐ฏ), and the Franks were โthe Javelinsโ (๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ). So the Anglo-Saxons were the Fishhook-Knives (๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐น๐ข๐ฏ).