10-16-2009, 05:58 AM
Quote:It's not my idea. :wink: Someone once told me about it, claiming of course that Vortigern, therefore''had to be' a Goth. I see only a resemblence in the sound, which I think is purely superficial. Of course, one could spin theories that Vortigern chose a Brythonic name simimilar to his Gothic name, but that would imho be extremely far-fetched.Vortigern Studies:3ux13h7z Wrote:I agree with half of your idea.Alanus:3ux13h7z Wrote:But this dead Goth-Taifalus supports the idea that Theithfallt/Thiudebalth was certainly a Visigoth, as was his son Tewdrig/Theodoric.No more than it adds fuel to the fringe opinion that the name Vortigern has a relation to the name Fritigern.
As to Teithfallt (let's call him by his name in the sources), sure, that could be a Brythonic version of Theodebald/Thiudebalth, but I've also heard opinions that it's derived from Theodosius, which is similar in meaning but would have been a lot more common in the region.
But I like the theory of John Morris, even though it lacks proof.
Robert Vermaat
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THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)