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Vidigoia was a
Thervingian Gothic warrior. His name
means either "the man from the
forest zone" or "the forest-barker/wolf".
Vidigoia figured during the...
- Witege,
Witige or
Wittich (Old English: Wudga, Widia; Gotho-Latin:
Vidigoia) or
Vidrik "Vidga"
Verlandsson (Old Norse: Vidrīk + Viðga or
Videke + Verlandsson...
- that the
Thervingi sometimes had forest-related
personal names such as
Vidigoia,
Veduco and Vidimir, the
first part of
whose names he
believes to be cognate...
- conflict, the
Thervingi were led by
Vidigoia, "the
bravest of the Goths" and were victorious,
although Vidigoia was killed.
Jordanes states that Aoric...
- name
probably derived from
Gothic name
Wittich (related to
Gothic hero
Vidigoia).[citation needed] Collins, Visigothic, 108. [vague]
Numismatic evidence...
- is
based on
German sources.
Since Wudga is
based on a
Gothic hero
named Vidigoia, it is
possible that Hama has a
similar origin, and the Anglo-Saxon poem...
- High German:
Witige or Witege,
later also
Wittich Probably a
merger of
Vidigoia, a
Gothic warrior, and the
Ostrogothic usurper Vitiges (died 542). Based...
