Vigleîk still subsists in the North, and so does Viglaf, relic of war, the same as that of Wiglaf, the chronicler.
The other forms are—
| Ger. Wigbert; Fris. Wicbo—Bright war | |||||
| Nor. Vigbrand—War sword | |||||
| Ger. Wigbald—War prince | |||||
| Ger. Wigburg—War protection | |||||
| Nor. Vigfus—War eagerness | |||||
| German. | Frisian. | Nor. | |||
| Wighard Wichhard Weikard Wigo Wigi Viga | Wygard Wiart Wiert | Vighard |  | War firmness | |
| Ger. |  | Wigher, Wicher—Warrior Wighelm—War helmet Wiglind—War serpent Wigmann, Wichman—War man Wigmar—War fame Wigram—War raven | |||
These are almost all German. The terminations in wig are often owing to German pronunciation of the word veh, or vieh, consecration, and sometimes of the northern veig, liquor.
The strange northern name of Snorre, famous for the sake of that Froissart of the North, Snorre Sturleson, comes from snerra, strife.
Styrke is the strong, the same word as that in which the old chroniclers describe William the Conqueror, as ‘so very stark.’ Sterkulv and a few other forms have been found in the North.
Toke is a very curious old name. It seems to mean the mad or raging, and, growing into Tyke or Tyge in Denmark, was the name that was Latinized into Tycho by the celebrated astronomer Brahe, who did not leave his madness behind him with his name. The famous Jomsburg sea-rover, a sort of northern Lycurgus of the tenth century, was Palnatoke, supposed to be properly Toke, the son of Palne. Palne is an unexplained name used by the Danes, and perhaps borrowed from the Wends; but there are a few other instances of it, among them the Anglicized Earl Pallig, the husband of Sweyn’s sister Gunhild, who was killed by Ethelred the Unready.
Thiostr means hardness or harshness, and was in use in the North as Triostulf, since contracted into Kjostol, Thiostvald, Thiostar; and probably Tostig, the ungracious son of Godwine, who brought Harald Hardrada to invade England, took his name from thence.
Section V.—Protection.
Bar—the word for strength—has been most fertile in produce. Its progeny are far too numerous to describe; but the most notable at present in use are the Berg, the strength of the hills, a mountain, and Burg, a fortress.