The Langobardic territories seem to have lain about the lower reaches of the river, while the Semnones lay south.
The Semnones and Langobardi were at one time subject to the dominion of the Marcomannic king Maroboduus, and at a much later period we hear of Langobardic troops taking part against the Romans in the Marcomannic War.
Friia, Langobardic Frea) and in England, where her name still survives in Friday (O.E.
It is clear, however, that the god was credited with special skill in magic, both in England and Germany, while the story of the Langobardic migration (see LOMBARDS) represents him as the dispenser of victory.