Gepidae

Hence it came to pass that gradually and by corruption the name Gepidae was coined for them by way of reproach.

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

For undoubtedly they too trace their origin from the stock of the Goths, but because, as I have said, _gepanta_ means something slow and stolid, the word Gepidae arose as a gratuitous name of reproach.

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

The Gepidae are your brave and faithful allies; and if they have anticipated your gifts, they have shown a just confidence in your bounty. "

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

For this Mundo, who traced his descent from the Attilani of old, had fled from the tribe of the Gepidae and was roaming beyond the Danube in waste places where no man tilled the soil.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

But the Gepidae by their 264 own might won for themselves the territory of the Huns and ruled as victors over the extent of all Dacia, demanding of the Roman Empire nothing more than peace and an annual gift as a pledge of their friendly alliance.

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

In the second year of his rule he moved an army against the Gepidae and won a great victory over them, but is said to have been killed by falling from his horse.

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

Gepidae and Franks, who met each other the night before the general engagement and fell by wounds mutually received, the Franks fighting for the Romans and the Gepidae for the Huns.

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

Finally, after many bitter conflicts, victory fell unexpectedly to the Gepidae.

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

For then, I think, must have occurred a most remarkable spectacle, where one might see the Goths fighting with pikes, the Gepidae raging with the sword, the Rugi breaking off the spears in their own wounds, the

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

At that time they dwelt in the land where the Gepidae now live, near the rivers Marisia,

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes