Re: -leben/-lev/-löv and -ung-

On 2007-12-08 02:11, Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> Are the PNs Hwæssa and Wassa documented?
>
> Independently attested as personal names? I'm not aware of
> any such attestations, but there isn't any really good OE
> onomasticon. Watts stars <Hwæssa> but does not star
> <Wassa>, and his sources were much better than mine.

They look to me like truncated pet-forms of Hwæt-sige and Wa:þ-sige,
respectively, the first elements meaning 'quick, bold' and 'wandering,
chase, hunting', respectively.

Piotr