i i l j i R - Y 1 o & J f & R W M f f l
matter of fuch„obfcu|'it^, . which^i^.filled, like the * hiftories *of
, ...qtjher countries, with coSfyfedl abcoimtSs| and uncertain conjecture
; what it amounte to^n ftiort is: thi^ihamelW. that; the moft
ancient or firft inhabitants of'Norway left the Wintry juft before
the birth’ oTGhtift, '-and incorp6rated iWrth<k fwarm of\Afer%
AfiatiiA, who
liia3e ^m j^ ‘m a j^ ^ | '^ e ;
T h e janaery and Finl^nders^ . are^ doubtlefs, (ihe progeny p£
thevancient M^wsgiar^t^h^-PheR'^teedi'ferthsr ^north^tp;-that
exteftfiveAhaiu^of mountains Called >Kolen, and; to11 Lapland >or
Finmark, both fide^'bf .thofe1 mSuhtainfs.1 Thfere
the defrendahts o f the ft^ft’ Norwegians ftill, obferyfe the manners
^ndi^ftoms of.fti|^wcdlprs,
thing but in fome litrie^kivation^of^tlieiiv^lands,' 'and live chiefly
by hunting, and.procuring grgfs for,their rain-deer. Thefe ani-
rnals fiipply them with food, croahns,^'and;Goveringrfor-their,h^t'S,
: or teris, • whicltithey move,' aeGGffding AQVthiehuiil^ngititftoml plfce
to. jdacesb^hus djd thetancibnt f ©erniansdtee^ saeeoriln|*;:>tQ(ilrafc
citus ; not to'mention the «patriarchs ofoM,d%hot;thtis nugrafedy
and ctong^ dieif habitations, in the eafterh cdufitSfes/ ’f
^efewere-1 v-Thm Afers, or Othiiis followers, whicfthmO’ft-'pwbably- wef#
Alitor oy drivensoite of Alia by Poffipey the1 Great, fandifpread1^ tiiCififClves
wdJ6- - Sta the north, Jas, &rhKsitlxe^
hqt jmvyj the mdent inhabitants-pf :{hftirwacp'ftheH: Petreac-^ai^bhg
the cold mountains of Kolen - and T'inmark, ■ thevcafternillefe-bf
which was peopled,;; on ;the.famembtive,s bylfugitives Fitim
den and ; Finland, nearrthe Bothmcabay^ ;luhdi/fcahe#^^l^lfe
eouritiy and people their name in Common,v as. they had iriet with
the dame hard fate of; ;being.expeled)from-i their’ cdhntry f%y-! the
AJersi . Its is tincertai&y however,' whether thefe; two' kinds'of fm-
gitives have coalefced into one.people;. for tod this ddj^fhere is
a differenceintheir. language, and; fome Einlaffders Ipeak QjCeenflc,
or Quaenfk, but what language thati&T cannot-faSy ; but if I may
be allowed to conjecture, I iuppofe it to be the language! tif thl
ancient Norwegians, who were united ■ with the Finlanders ftom
the Swedilh fide. i WtitA : : !l vr . •-
2 The
IffA dfVtfR A jL H I SiTO R Yt oï\N QR.WAY. 223
<Tfe- fam0ös diftrid'(%®nahgèj;,1 in the jnaopt
Ahèr^tiï^febüloué^RddbedrjJllppb^è • '^ 7j^W|hern/Axo^z»^cu^>;p1**-
olhfèiflal'è; jlëpubMcïiëöidhdve exifted,dahd
^Öëneh^tÖiffl‘a^Italfp !Quinsfiord'rQuinens,- or Qüeneös Elv,
affid Qhefifetl&iLSfteEehni; mdMfewifet^enlhageft in Tderdal,.
alii4vMl kifbwtte iTHèreTTa iFainohsi diftriddh/Sandhordlehn,
d©W •Q^h^^red, frpm
a^grèundlefeStradition, ithat dl die' m'enw'ere killed« there) - which
pïëfêWë{?,J perhaps,1 thef.membry'i of the name; which, die ancient
NërWègiöiaJ-öf padt of them1 had -bore; likertheir bamfhed.counr,
tfyaientin-'feh© ihbfontdinsmf J£olen; who atecftilT'daüed Qupener,
and the language the Queeniflx ,If*.Thor,e, fthe father of Nor,
whb iSijfeift-ctQihave.given our icountry the namp.pf ^bfpryray, gs-
the1 Nérhregkn Chronicles tdl us>,i ;was kiaig .of.Gothland, Finland,f
and)(^erdapdij this laft,-Ilthink^ muft haste bj?eh I^Torway, 'they,
moft aufhprs think this country is.;fjtuated npqr Findland, or at
the end. of; the Bothnic. bay. ; •
It is y^yiijuft with règard. to théTaterrTinlanders aceordi^’to
A rriOT-imiis’s Grymographia. L. iht fol. 214. and^afticulaflyihyj
Thorm. Tbrf’s. Hift. Ndrw'. p.T. Lihi }g.S C^p. XxjV. p. t^Q.i
where; he.«lays,; “ Naunjudatos Hglpgia in Npryegia^provinciam
tumcFinniaT Wejiee.fb^- this,' that the'Qüéïiersïafplaced next
tpiithe Helfingérs,. and Jamters, ,npt far,from ime.jbprder^of 'bforp 4
way; 1 Itii%;|jptSim0pb^ble;:jtherefore, that; thpfe^andent Queners,
which? wère, expelled by the,Afers,, tranfplgnted- their name there.
ntiiphs time, by Ipregdio&i.have ftraggl^d again baqh.- crof? .the,
mountains,of ;Kolen, to vifit the land;.of thei^anceftprs.'»<They
did not come (indeed Jikejfrjends,; for th^;ï u ^ |
king lays, that Queher, ‘arid Kyfialer, perhaps Kareler, made an
inoiffibh into Nprdlahd,'and particularly ifitb «Hélyelaïidj' perhaps
Ipirited up py the tradition of their anceftqrs being expelled from
that country. If this conjecture (for certainty is not to be expected
in the. hiftgry of. thole ancient times) Tee ms as.probable as,
any other, it anfwers to' the remark jftiadef'bn their 'name, by
Geirh. Schining) in his treatife lately publilhed, called the Geog^a-
phy of ancient Norway ;’ where the word (^eriCs Or Quener, ' dc- *
cording