References in Old English literature The Old English poem
Maxims I refers to
weos in the following stanza:
Wēoh is also attested in
Beowulf as an element in the compound name
Wēohstan () and as an element in the word
wígweorþunga, referring to the act of honouring idols.
References in Norse literature References to a vé are made in
Old Norse literature without emphasis. For example, the
Prose Edda quotes a verse of the
Skáldskaparmál of
Skúli Þórsteinsson and mentions a vé:
Toponyms s named after
Odin. Examples of -
vé appearing in toponyms after the names of Norse gods and goddesses: •
Dís - Disevid in
Östergötland in
Sweden. •
Freyja - Härnevi in
Uppland, and probably Järnevi in Östergötland, Sweden. •
Freyr - Frösvi in Östergötland, Sweden. •
Odin - Odensvi in Närke, Sweden. •
Rindr - Vrinnevid in Östergötland, Sweden. •
Thor - Torsvi in Uppland, Sweden. Eight old farms in Norway have the name
Vé (in
Flå,
Norderhov,
Ringsaker,
Sande,
Stamnes,
Tveit,
Tysnes, and
Årdal). It is also common as the first element in compounded names: ("the farm with a
ve"), ("the valley with a
ve"), ("the holy meadow"), ("the farm with a
ve"), ("the farm with a
ve"), ("the holy stone"), ("the
holy lake"), ("the
holy island"). The names of the Danish city of
Viborg,
Jutland, and the former Finnish city of
Vyborg, located along the
trade route from Scandinavia to Byzantium, are also considered related. ==See also==