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Rugini
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<p>The Rugini were a pagan tribe living in or near present day northern Germany in the 9th century. They were only mentioned once, in a list of pagan tribes drawn up by the English monk <a href="/facts/Bede/BDQugzAn">Bede</a> (also called Beda venerabilis) in his <i>Historia ecclesiastica</i> of the early 8th century: </p> <p><i>Sunt autem Fresones, Rugini, Danai, Hunni, Antiqui Saxones, <a href="/facts/Boruhtware/qVHzsElg">Boructuari</a>; sunt alii perplures hisdem in partibus populi paganis adhuc ritibus servientis.</i></p> <p>Whether the Rugini were remnants of the <a href="/facts/Rugii/kdchLNtU">Rugii</a> is speculative. The term <i>Rugini</i> has also been interpreted as the first mention of the <a href="/facts/Rani_(Slavic_tribe)/4CyE5q1V">Slavic Rani (also <i>Rujani</i>)</a>, who in the <a href="/facts/Middle_Ages/RqzEKB9v">Middle Ages</a> dwelled on the isle of <a href="/facts/R%C3%BCgen/nws4DHlR">Rügen</a>. </p>