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Njarar or Njars were an ancient Germanic people of Närke, Sweden, that appears in the Scandinavian version of the Lay of Weyland the smith. In the early part of the lay, King Níðuðr is introduced as a king in Sweden: Later he is specified as the lord of the Njars: The Njars probably lost their independence early to the Swedish king at Uppsala, and they are not mentioned by Jordanes in his thorough listing of tribes in Scandza, in the 6th century. There are few mentions of the Njarar/Nerikjar in Old Norse sources, but for exceptions see King of Nerike. ==Linguistic notes== At first glance, the name is hard to recognize, because the people of Nerike are otherwise called the ''Nerikjar'' in Old Norse sources. However, ''njar'' is a breaking of an older ''ner''. The same sound change happened with ''eka'' and ''hertõ'' which resulted in ''jag'' (I) and ''hjarta'' (heart). However, in the case of ''Njar'', the sound change never became established, and the older form ''ner'' continued to be used for the province and its population. ''Ner'' is, in its turn, an umlaut from an older ''nar'' which is cognate to English ''narrow''. The name referred to the narrow inlets that characterized the geography. The north-eastern (Kvismaren-Hjälmaren) has disappeared artificially, but the southern part of the province still has a large fjord. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Njars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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