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What Is the Origin of the Name Merovech?

Merovingans took their name from one of their fifth century ancestors called mervech. Mervech has a pretty unusual origin story, in that he was supposedly the product of his mother having been attacked at the seaside by what the chronicler calls a beast of neptune,. like a quinatar. O ka, si, i answers you questions. Richardles tees, a couple more searchingin queries. And can you tell us what the word marvingian means? Yes, absolutelyandtis is this as great because this is the part where we get to talk about aquintars.

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