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memores ; unde non mirum in feptentrione Celticum nomen peni- 

 tus deletum efle, cum nemo Celtis amplius fimilis efle vellet, fed 

 omnes, ut Afe, magnificentius vitam inftituere cuperent. Hinc in 

 Landnama Saga, libro de origine Iflandorum fcripto, P. in. c. 10. 

 p. 102. Varo their fua vel buner, ad menn bugdu ad Afier vero 

 thar kuammer, i. e. Tarn bene veftiti erant ut exiftimarent ho- 

 mines, Afas illuc advenifle. Hinc Afas quoque vix homines fed 

 Deos potius credebant efle, atque Othinum fuum inde Helgi As 

 fanclum Deum et magnum Afam vocarunt, &c. — Talem igitur 

 iaftum cum prse fe facerent Afae et Afiatici in his regionibus, Celtse 

 ut mendicabula quaedam hominum haberi cceperunt, et ab Afis Kel- 

 tringer ideodicli fuerunt; quod vocabulum, apud Danos eft adhuc 

 in ufu, fie enim mendicos et viliffimos quofque hominum vocare 

 pergunt. Terminatio fane vocis ing, fignificat talem qui a Celtis 

 prodiit ut Ungling dicitur qui ab Ingo defcendit. Skioldinger, qui 

 a Skioldo, Lodbrookinger qui a Regnero Lodbrok rege, ita Kel- 

 tringer illi dici cceperunt Afis, qui a Celtis non ab Afis exierant, &c.' 



Agreeable to this account of the defendants of the ancient 

 diftreifed Celtae or Kelters, particularly in Denmark, perhaps one 

 might with as good a foundation, or at leaft with fome probabi- 

 lity, fuppofe that the Queners driven fo far north, after uniting 

 with the Bothnic Finlanders, or Faenner (for they are alfo called 

 Fennones et Fannones who had been alfo expelled by the Swedes) Finkuders, 

 gave rife to the nickname Fanter amongft us. This name we Taphnd'e^ 

 apply to a vagabond, idle fett of people, who ftrole about the 

 country, and who live by begging, cheating, and thieving; not 

 unlike thofe we call Tartars in Denmark, Zieguener in Germany, 

 Egyptians in France, and Gipfies in England, But though I am 

 willing to give up this fuppofition relating to the Name ; yet I 

 believe that the ancient inhabitants of Norway, who would not 

 fubmit to the more polimed manner of living, the new drefs, and 

 the cultivation of lands, were banifhed the country. I am con-^ 

 firmed in this by what Mr. Peter Hogftrom, who lived a great 

 while amongft the Fin-Laplanders, informs us. in his defcription 

 of Lapmark, Chap. 11. fed. 3. that the Fin-Laplanders infift 

 upon it, that their anceftors were proprietors of all Sweden, but 

 were expelled, and by degrees were confined within very narrow 

 limits, juft as the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the 



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