Note 597 — Chapter XVIII · RELIGION IN THE HEROIC AGE.
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I do not think that Aethelweard's substitution of Balder for Baeldaeg (the first part of which is certainly bǣl-) in the genealogy of King Aethelwulf (III 3) can be held to prove the existence of the cult of Balder in England. The theory that the word baldor, 'prince,' arose out of the god's name is open to still more serious question.