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Weedon Mound

wideford W
wideford Dec 2, 2004 22:36:13
Replying to StoneLifter

Weedon in Buckinghamshire acc. to "The Origin of English Placenames" is weoh '(shrine containing) idol' + dun 'hill'. Wuotan may have been a god of (storm)winds, but this is no Windmill Hill ;-)

S StoneLifter
StoneLifter Dec 2, 2004 23:56:35
Replying to wideford

And did the Danelaw reach Wessex ? (Unlikely).

Shrine hill.

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