The Varni (Procopius), Varini (Tacitus), Varinnae (Pliny the Elder), Wærne/Werne (Widsith) and Warnii (the Thuringish Law) are most likely names of a little known Theedish folk. The name would have meant the "warders", and they may have stemmed in the south Northish (Scandinavian) landship by their name, Värend, and settled in northern Theedland. The earliest talk of this folk kythes in Tacitus' Germania, where he wrote: They also kythe in the Anglo-Saxon scopwork Widsith as the Werne.