Re: [tied] Anglo-Saxon Wig-

Is there, then, a relationship to Old Norse VE (holy
place, temple)?

And now for a real leap - any connection at all to the
god Ve, the brother of Odin and Villi? Or is this
really stretching it?

Best,
Nirmal


Buck gives your 'wigbed' as a variant of

> 'weobud' etc. where
> the first element (as I suspected) is the Germanic
> word for "holy"
> (also, as you say, "idol", but apparently
> secondarily) that shows up
> in modern G. 'Weihnacht' "Christmas", and which
> according to Buck
> appears to be related to Latin 'victima', but
> "further root
> connections dubious".
> The second element shows up in Buck's furniture
> section, not at
> the homonymous but unrelated "bed" but at "table".
> The original
> meaning was apparently "offering, portion" (OE
> 'beodan' "offer"),
> then the table for the offering, and finally for an
> ordinary meal.
> I can't find the root etym.
> Dan Milton
>
>

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