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Re: The Swallowhead
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"which 'swallow' word does the Swallowhead take its name from? Dames assumes it's the verb, and weaves that into the sexual symbolism...."

Well for a more prosaic meaning and turning to a saxon (swallow comes from the german according to my dictionary) definition;-
Swelgan - suck in, absorb
Heafod - head or source
It seems to me that the saxons have the edge on Dames romanticising ;) considering they fortified Silbury Hill at some point and settled in the area.


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Posted by moss
12th November 2006ce
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