Note 858 — Chapter V · THE DIFFERENCING ELEMENTS OF COMMUNAL POETRY (continued 3)

Sigeléoð in Anglo-Saxon, sung after a victory, was doubtless the same thing. Kögel notes that leikr, leik, in Norwegian dialects down to this day, means both “war” and “dance”; and he conjectures that winelâc, in Anglo-Saxon, goes back to an originally erotic dance, as it may go forward to a children’s “kissing-game.”