Wigo, [33]-4
Wijk bij Duurstede, see Dorestad
William of Malmesbury, [70] etc., [203], [302]
Woden's ancestors, [311] etc.
Ynglinga tal and Ynglinga Saga, [5]-7, [68]-9, [344]
Yte, see Jutes
NOTES
[1] The exact equivalent to Hrōðgar is found in O.N., in the form Hróðgeirr. The by-form Hróarr, which is used of the famous Danish king, is due to a number of rather irregular changes, which can however be paralleled. The Primitive Germanic form of the name would have been *Hrōþugaisaz: for the loss of the g at the beginning of the second element we may compare Aðils with Ēadgils (Noreen, Altisländische Grammatik, 1903, § 223); for the loss of ð before w compare Hrólfr with Hrōðwulf (Noreen, § 222); for the absence of R- umlaut in the second syllable, combined with loss of the g, compare O.N. nafarr with O.E. nafugār (Noreen, § 69).