Valkyne, to waken, [8].
See [Awalk].
Vall, billow, wave, [1317].
Ger. welle, a wave; quelle, a spring;
Icel. vella, to well up, boil. Cf. also A.S. wæl; Du. wiel; Lancashire weele, an eddy, whirlpool. So, too, in Burns:—
“Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays,
As thro’ the glen it wimpl’t;
Whyles round a rocky scaur it stays,
Whyles in a wiel it dimpl’t.”
Varand, to warrant, protect, [3411].