WARFLAME. Magic sword, owned by Thorbiorn, and by which he himself is slain by Howard, 115, 116 WASHERS OF THE FORD. Wrath of, and Irish people, 158 WATERFORD. Prince Sigtryg of, his troth-plight with daughter of King Alef, 343; Ranald, King of, 345; Hereward reaches, 346; Prince and Princess of, Hereward the best friend of, 351 WATLING STREET. Robin Hood sends his followers to, 316; a year later sends followers once more to, 329 WEALHTHEOW (wal-thyow), QUEEN. Wife of Hrothgar; honours Beowulf, 14, 20 WELSH. 1. Legends, "Mabinogion" and "The Dream of Maxen Wledig," 42; Celtic features in, 185. 2. Saga, hero of, Emperor Maxentius, 42 WEOHSTAN (wyo-stan). Father of Wiglaf, who supported Beowulf in his fight with the fire-dragon, 36 WEST. Constantine a favourite of Roman soldiery of the, 63; Roman soldiery of the, proclaim Constantine emperor, 63; the fictitious wanderings of Horn in realms of, 307 WESTERN ISLES. Irish Gaelic hero-legends carried to, from Erin, 248 WESTERNESSE. Childe Horn lands on shore of, 289; Ailmar, King of, questions Horn, 290; Horn returns to, accompanied by Irish knights, 304; recital of the fictitious plans of Horn to reach, within seven years, 307 WHITBY. Hereward lands at, 339 WIG-LAF. Son of Weohstan; supports Beowulf in his fight with the fire-dragon, 36-41 WILF-INGS. Hrothgar shields Ecgtheow from, 11 WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLEE. One of the famous outlaws of England, 226 WILLIAM TELL. William of Cloudeslee the, of England, 226; Alice, wife of, 227; goes to Carlisle, 227; sheriff informed of his presence, 229; attacked by sheriff and his men, 231; capture of, 232; sheriff sentences to be hanged, 232; news of his sentence conveyed to the greenwood, 233; Clym's stratagem to save, 234; rescued from death, 237, 238; visits London to see king, 241; the king pardons, 243; shoots apple from son's head, 245, 246; receives royal favours from king and queen, 246 WILLIAM WENDUT. Second son of Grim; accompanies Havelok to Denmark, 87 WINCHESTER. Godrich takes Goldborough from, to Dover, 81 WLEDIG. See Maxen Wledig WOMEN, CHAMPION OF. Hereward known as, 351 WYRD (weird). Goddess of Fate, 13, 34 Y YORK. Archbishop of, unites in marriage Havelok and Goldborough, 85; Abbot of St. Mary's Abbey, in, 321 YORKSHIRE. Barnesdale, forest in, once dwelling-place of Robin Hood, 314, 315 YULETIDE. King Arthur's knights keep, 267 Z ZACCHÆUS. Grandfather of Judas, 57 Transcriber's Note Minor typographic errors in punctuation have been corrected without note. Hyphen inconsistencies have been corrected without note where there was a prevalence of one formation over another.