that is, “For the heathen Wóden wrought the sin of idolatry, but the glorious almighty God the spacious skies:” and an early missionary is described to have thus taught his hearers: “Wóden vero quem principalem deum crediderunt et praecipuum Angli, de quo originem duxerant, cui et quartam feriam consecraverant, hominem fuisse mortalem asseruit, et regem Saxonum, a quo plures nationes genus duxerant. Huius, inquit, corpore in pulverem resoluto, anima in inferno sepulta aeternum sustinet ignem[631].” ----- Footnote 623: Roger of Wendover appears however to have made a distinction, which I do not remember to have found in any other author, in the case of Ælli of Sussex. He says: “Wodenus igitur ex antiquorum prosapia Germanorum originem ducens, post mortem inter deos translatus est; quem veteres pro deo colentes, dedicaverunt ei quartam feriam, quam de nomine eius Wodenesday, id est diem Wodeni, nuncuparunt. Hic habuit uxorem, nomine Fream, cui similiter veteres sextam feriam consecrantes, Freday, id est diem Freæ, appellarunt. Genuit autem Wodenus ex uxore Frea septem filios inclytos, ex quorum successione septem reges traxerunt originem, qui in Britannia potenter, expulsis Britannis, postea regnaverunt. Ex filio Wodeni primogenito, nomine Wecta, reges Cantuariorum; ex secundo, Frehegeath, reges Merciorum; ex tertio, Baldao, reges Westsaxonum; ex quarto, Beldago, reges Northanhumbrorum, sive Berniciorum; ex quinto, Wegdego, reges Deirorum; ex sexto, Kasero, reges Orientalium Anglorum; ex septimo, Saxnad, reges Orientalium Saxonum originem habere dicuntur; octavus vero, id est, rex Australium Saxonum, ex eadem gente, sed non ex eadem stirpe, originem sumpsit.” Flor. Histor. i. 346. Footnote 624: It is a peculiarity of the Old-norse to omit the initial W; thus ormr for wyrmr, a dragon or serpent: ulfr, for wulfr, a wolf: hence Oþinn is literally Wóden. The identity of Wuotan is clearly shown in Grimm’s Deut. Mythol. p. 120, _seq._ Footnote 625: Will. Malm. De Gest. 1 § 5. Footnote 626: Mat. Westm. Flor. Hist. p. 82 (Ed. 1601). Footnote 627: Galf. Monum. lib. vi. p. 43 (Ed. 1587). Footnote 628: “Deorum maxime Mercurium colunt.” Germ. ix. Footnote 629: Æðelw. Chron. lib. ii. cap. 2. Footnote 630: Cod. Exon. p. 341. Footnote 631: Legend. Nova, fol. 210, b. -----