They are first mentioned by the geographer [[Ptolemy]] as a people of southern [[Jutland]] and present-day [[Schleswig-Holstein]], hence they appear subsequently to have expanded to the south and west.
Sidaasi si Lamid ah Waxaa Maanta Degmada Cabudwaaq ka Furmay Shir lamid ah kii Bandiiradley kaasi oo Beesha Wagardhac Dhexdeeda Qaadaneyso islamarkana kaga Hadlaya Waxa ay kaga Hortagaan Beesha Sacad,