Originally Posted by
Thangaror
I do fully agree with you, but as a matter of fact the Anglo-Saxon thing has simply stuck in the community. Even without the stupid movies.
Anyway, even if only the language is represented by Anglo-Saxon, why not the art, too? Also, to my uneducated eye the artwork, whether it's Anglo-Saxon, Alemannic or Gothic, looks all the same.
It's just that, AFAIK, the Anglo-Saxon hoards of Staffordshire or Sutton Hoo, are the largest hoards found from this time, while Frankish or Lombard art was much more influenced by Roman art and Christianity.
I looked up the "translations" for the Rohirric names, and I only found "Turac" for Théoden. Are there more examples?
The only names that are definitely Gothic are Marhwini and Forthwini, but those are/might be "Proto-Rohirric".
P.S: This IS getting off topic. Split the thread?