In addition to these references, which might be made far more numerous, if necessary, we have many instances in the boundaries of charters, of trees, stones and posts set up in Wóden’s name, and apparently with the view of giving a religious sanction to the divisions of land. In this, as in other respects, we find a resemblance to Hermes. It is also to be borne in mind that many hills or other natural objects may in fact have been dedicated to this god, though bearing more general names, as Ósbeorh, Godeshyl and so forth. One of the names of Odin in the Old-norse mythology is _Osk_, which by an etymological law is equivalent to the German _Wunsch_, the Anglosaxon _Wisc_, and the English _Wish_. Grimm has shown in the most convincing manner that _Wunsch_ may be considered as a name of Wuotan in Germany[641]; and it is probable that _Wúsc_ or _Wísc_ may have had a similar power here. Among the names in the mythical genealogies we find Wúscfreá, _the lord of the wish_, and I am even inclined to the belief that Oisc, equivalent to Ésk, the founder of the Kentish line of kings, may be a Jutish name of Wóden in this form,—ésc, or in an earlier form óski, _i. e._ Wunsch, Wýsc[642]. In Devonshire to this day all magical or supernatural dealings go under the common name of _Wishtness_: can this have any reference to Wóden’s name Wýsc? So again a bad or unfortunate day is a _wisht_ day: perhaps a diabolical, heathen, accursed day. There are several places which appear to be compounded with this name; among them: _Wishanger_ (_Wíschangra_ or Wóden’s meadow), one, about four miles S.W. of Wanborough in Surrey, and another near Gloucester; _Wisley_ (_Wíscleáh_) also in Surrey; _Wisborough_ (probably _Wíscbeorh_) in Sussex; _Wishford_ (probably _Wíscford_) in Wiltshire. ----- Footnote 641: Deut. Myth. p. 126 _seq._ Footnote 642: Oisc in the form in which the earliest authorities give this name. Æsc is certainly later, and may have been adopted only when the original meaning of Oisc had become forgotten. -----