scritofinns

Updated: May 12, 2025

Then he must tell us about the Scritofinns of the Bothnia gulf; wild Lapps and Finns, who have now retreated before the Teutonic race. In Paul Warnefrid's eyes they are little wild hopping creatures whence they derive their name, he says Scritofinns, the hopping, or scrambling Finns.

Charles Kingsley - The Roman and the Teuton : A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge