Note 688 — Chapter XII · HEATHENDOM.
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In Anglosaxon, Nóð: this occurs rarely save in composition, where it seems to denote bravery or courage. But it is to be observed that nóð is the name of a ship or large boat; and it is worth inquiry whether the Teutonic goddess Zíza, probably in Anglosaxon Táte, may not have been identical with this Nanna, instead of Frouwa. The dragging about a boat or ship was peculiar to Zíza’s worship. Deut. Myth. p. 237, seq.