=Vifell=, father of Viking, famous for being the possessor of Angurva´del, the celebrated sword made in the East by dwarfs. Vifell won it from Björn Blœtand, and killed with it the giant Iernhös, whom he cleft from head to waist with a single stroke. Vifell left it to Viking, Viking to Thorsten, and Thorsten to his son, Frithjof. The hilt of the sword was gold, and the blade written with runes, which were dull in times of peace, but in war glittered “red as the crest of a cock when he fighteth.”--Tegnér, _Frithjof Saga_, iii. (1825). =Villalpando= (_Gaspar Cardillos de_), a Spanish theologian, controversialist and commentator (1505-1570). “Truly,” replied the canon, “I am better acquainted with books of chivalry than with Villalpando’s divinity.”--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, I. iv. 17 (1605). =Ville´rius=, in Davenant’s _Siege of Rhodes_ (1656). ... pale with envy, Singleton foreswore The lute and sword, which he in triumph bore, And vowed he ne’er would act Villerius more. Dryden, _MacFlecknoe_ (1682). ⁂ This was a favorite part of Singleton. =Villers= (_Mr._), a gentleman who professed a supreme contempt for women, and declared, if he ever married, he should prefer Widow Racket to be his executioner.--Mrs. Cowley, _The Belle’s Stratagem_ (1780). =Villiard=, a villain from whose hands Charles Belmont rescued Fidelia.--E. Moore, _The Foundling_ (1748). =Vincent= (_Jenkin_), or “Jin Vin,” one of old Ramsay’s apprentices, in love with Margaret Ramsay.--Sir W. Scott, _Fortunes of Nigel_ (time, James I.). =Vincent de la Rosa=, a boastful, vain, heartless adventurer, son of a poor laborer, who had served in the Italian wars. Coming to the village in which Leandra lived, he induced her to elope with him, and, having spoiled her of her jewels, money and other valuables, deserted her, and she was sent to a convent till the affair had blown over. He wore a gay uniform, bedecked with glass buttons and steel ornaments; to-day he dressed himself in one piece of finery, and to-morrow in another. He would seat himself upon a bench under a large poplar, and entertain the villagers with his travels and exploits, assuring them there was not a country in the whole world he had not seen, nor a battle in which he had not taken part. He had slain more Moors than ever Tunis or Morocco produced; and as to duels, he had fought more than ever Gante had, or Luna, Diego Garcia de Paredez, or any other champion, always coming off victorious, and without losing one drop of blood.--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, I. iv. 20 (“The Goat-herd’s Story,” 1605).