Wolves and ravens appear to have been Oþinn’s sacred animals: the Saxon legends do not record anything on this subject; but here and there we do hear of _sacred_ trees, which may possibly have been dedicated to this god: thus the Wónác (Cod. Dipl. No. 495), the Wonstoc (Ibid. Nos. 287, 657), “ad quendam fraxinum quem imperiti sacrum vocant.” Ibid. No. 1052. Respecting the sacred character of the ash see Grimm, Myth. p. 617. ----- _Wanborough_, formerly _Wódnesbeorh_, in Surrey, lat. 51° 14´ N., long. 38´ W., placed upon the water-shed which throws down streams to north and south, and running from east to west, divides the county of Surrey into two nearly equal portions, once perhaps two petty kingdoms; the range of hills now called the Hog’s-back. It is a little to the north of the ridge, nearly on the summit; the springs of water are peculiarly pure and never freeze. In all probability it has been in turn a sacred site for every religion that has been received in Britain. _Wanborough_, formerly _Wódnesbeorh_ in Wiltshire, lat. 51° 33´ N., long. 1° 42´ W., about 3½ miles S.E. of Swindon, placed upon the watershed which throws down the Isis to the north, and Kennet to the south. _Woodnesborough_, formerly _Wódnesbeorh_, in Kent, lat. 51° 16´ N., long. 1° 29´ E., throwing down various small streams to north and south, into the Stour and the sea. _Wonston_ (probably _Wódnesstán_) in Hampshire, lat. 51° 10´ N., long. 1° 20´ W., from which small streams descend to north and south, into the Test and Itchen. _Wambrook_ (probably _Wódnesbróc_) in Dorsetshire. _Wampool_ (probably _Wódnespól_) in Cumberland. _Wansford_ (probably _Wódnesford_) in Northamptonshire. _Wansford_ in the East Riding of Yorkshire. _Wanstead_ (probably _Wódnesstede_) an old Roman station in Essex. _Wanstrow_, formerly _Wódnestreów_ _Wanborough_ or _Warnborough_, formerly _Wódnesbeorh_, two parishes in Hampshire. _Wembury_, formerly _Wódnesbeorh_, in Devonshire. _Wonersh_ (probably _Wódnesersc_), a parish at the foot of the Hog’s-back, a few miles from Wanborough. _Wansdike_, formerly _Wódnesdíc_, an ancient dike or fortification, perhaps the boundary between different kingdoms: it extended in a direction from east to west through more than one of our southern counties. Its remains are visible three or four miles W.S.W. of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, and it crosses the northern part of Somerset from the neighbourhood of Bath to Portshead on the Bristol Channel, where it ends in lat. 51° 29´ N., long. 2° 47´ W.