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Wale-dich, the Saxon name for Avebury

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FourWinds Jul 23, 2004 07:02:51
Replying to goffik

It does sound convincing, but 'Waelas' or 'Waelle' is the Saxon for foreigner :-) Obviously, it could have started off using this and got twisted over time. It just depends when the 'Wale-dich' reference was written. If it's contemporary then I doubt that it came from foreigner.

So, Goffik, what do you think now? :-)

G goffik
goffik Jul 23, 2004 12:57:12
Replying to FourWinds

Heh! Well, saying it only ONCE isn't going to convince me, is it? ;o)

I'll stand back for a bit to see what transpires... It all sounds feasible to me, and I wonder if all these origins of words originated themselves from the same place? Or something.

G x