Note 203 — Chapter VII · MYTHICAL ELEMENTS IN THE HEROIC POEMS.
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Waldhere is the only English poem which mentions Weland as the father of Widia; but I cannot admit that there is any ground for supposing this poem to have had a different origin from the rest (cf. p. 57 f.). The variant forms Widia—Wudga may be explained by English sound-laws, while Niðhad, whatever its explanation, occurs also in Deor's Elegy.