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The Angrivarii were a Germanic tribe of the early Roman Empire mentioned briefly in Ptolemy as the Angriouarroi (), which transliterates into Latin Angrivari. They are believed to be the source of the 8th century identity, Angrarii, which was one of three subdivisions of Saxony (the others were Westfalahi and Ostfalahi). The name appears earliest in the Annales and Germania of Tacitus as Angrivarii. In post-classical times the name of the people had a number of different spellings in addition to the ones just mentioned: Angarii, Aggeri, Aggerimenses, Angerienses, Angri, Angeri. They lived in a district called Angria, Angaria, Angeriensis, Aggerimensis and Engaria. The last district name cited above gives their identity away. Quite simply, they lived in Engern, a region west of the Weser river not far from Teutoburg Forest, and also (probably by extension) in Angeron of Münster. Ancient Engern was a much larger district than today's community, comprising most of the country surrounding the middle Weser, including both flat land, as around Minden, and low hills (Holzminden). It became part of today's Westphalia. ==Etymology== The name Angrivarii is segmented Angri-varii and means "the men of Engern", parallel to Ampsi-varii, "the men of the Ems." For the first segment, Julius Pokorny gives the most sweeping view, deriving it from an Indo-European root *ang-, "to bend, bow." From this root German ''Anger'', English dialect ''ing'', Danish ''eng'', Swedish ''äng'', Dutch ''eng''/''enk'', and many other forms in other Germanic languages derive, all meaning "meadow, pasture."〔Bjorvand and Lindeman (2007:227).〕 For a similar segment, see under Angeln. The second segment ''-varii'' is by far the most productive constituent of Germanic tribal names (found among others in the name of the neighbouring Ampsivarii tribe), commonly taken to mean "inhabitants of", "dwellers in", though its precise etymology remains unclear. There is however unanimous consent that it cannot be derived from the PIE root '' *wihxrós'', "man", present in English "''were''-wolf".〔Rübekeil, Ludwig: ''"Diachrone Studien zur Kontaktzone zwischen Kelten und Germanen"'', Wien, 2002. ISBN 3-7001-3124-0, pp. 401-11.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angrivarii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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