(550–800) is usually called the Vendel era; in Norway and Finland, the Merovinger (Merovingian) Age.[citation needed] The Germanic Iron Age begins with...

large longhouses near Borg (Vestvågøy) and in Steigen are dated to the Merovinger period (ca 600 AD). There is substantial archeological evidence of a Norse...

gæler, hjerter, hunner, italer, kabyler, karolinger, kelter, klanner, merovinger, normanner, ruder, slaver, sumerer, and vender and the neuter noun fruentimmer...