NUITHONES
Eth.
NUITHONES a German tribe, mentioned by Tacitus (
Germ. 40) as inhabiting the banks of the Albis (
Elbe), to the SW. of the Longobardi. They in common with other neighboring tribes worshipped Ertha, that is, the Earth.
In some editions the name is written Nurtones; so that nothing definite can be said either in regard to the import of their name or to the exact locality they inhabited.
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