Oium or
Aujum was a name for an area in
Scythia, where arguably the
Goths under their king
Filimer settled after leaving
Gothiscandza, according to the
Getica by
Jordanes, written around 551. Jordanes does not give the etymology, but many scholars interpret this word as a
dative plural to the widespread
Germanic words *
aujo- or *
auwo- and means "well-watered meadow" or "island".