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Wale-dich, the Saxon name for Avebury

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hamish H
hamish Jul 21, 2004 20:50:16
Replying to FourWinds

Howabout,the Anglo-Saxon word for strangers or foreigners,this being the Britons, was a similar word -Wale-or something like.Not being a linguist,but recollect hearing this somewhere.

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W wideford
wideford Jul 21, 2004 20:57:44
Replying to hamish

Yes Waelas meaning foreigner coming from the invaders of the Celtic realms and then sort-of adopted by them.