E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Goth.
Icelandic, got (a horseman); whence Woden—i.e. Gothen.
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“The Goths were divided by the Dnieper into East Goths (Ostrogoths), and West Goths (Visigoths), and were the most cultured of the German peoples.”—Baring-Gould: Story of Germany, p. 37.
Last of the Goths. Roderick, the thirty-fourth of the Visigothic line of kings (414–711). (See RODERICK.)
