In a circuit of a few miles (taken from Elstead with a radius perhaps of not more than four) we have Wanborough, Polstead, Thursley, the Hammer-ponds, Waverley, Tewesley, Thunderhill, Dragonhill, Wonersh, the Devil’s Jumps, the Devil’s Punchbowl, Wishanger, Eshing, Loseley (Loces leáh ?), Godalming (Godhelminghám), and—as I believe, in close connexion with these—Gyldhill, Guildford, Guilddown, Frensham (Fremeshám), Tilford, Tilhill, Markwick, Ash, and Unstead. Footnote 654: Cod. Dipl. No. 739. Footnote 655: Ibid. No. 262. Footnote 656: Ibid. No. 174. ----- The Anglosaxon glossaries are perfectly accurate when they give the rendering _Mars_ for Tíw[657], and Tíwesdæg is rightly _dies Martis_. It cannot be doubted that our forefathers worshiped this god, as a supreme giver of victory, and especially a god of battle, in some parts of Scandinavia and Germany; whether or not in England appears doubtful. In the mythology of the North he is the bravest of the gods, the one who did not scruple to place his hand in the mouth of the wolf Fenris, when he demanded a pledge that the gods would unbind the chain they had forged for him, and on their breach of faith Týr paid the penalty[658]. The Roman historian tells of the Hermunduri having vowed to sacrifice the beaten Catti to Mercury and Mars, by which vow the whole of the horses and men belonging to the defeated force were devoted to slaughter. Jornandes says of the Goths, “Martem semper asperrima placavere cultura; nam victimae ejus mortes fuere captorum, opinantes bellorum praesulem aptius humani sanguinis effusione placatum[659].” Procopius tells the same tale of his Θουλίται, that is the Scandinavians: τῶν δὲ ἱερείων σφίσι τὸ κάλλιστον ἄνθρωπος ἐστιν, ὅνπερ ἂν δοριάλωτον ποιήσαιντο πρῶτον· τοῦτον γὰρ τῷ Ἄρει θύουσιν, ἐπεὶ θεὸν αὐτὸν νομίζουσι μέγιστον εἶναι[660]. The Norse traditions, although they acknowledge Oþinn as the giver of victory, are still very explicit as to Týr: he is particularly Wígaguð, _deus praeliorum_, and an especial granter of success in battle, “rǽðr miöc sigri í orostom[661].” Perhaps the Tencteri may be added to the number of those who paid an especial honour to Týr (in German Ziu), since Tacitus makes them say, “communibus deis et praecipuo deorum Marti grates agimus[662],” where it is not at all necessary to suppose Wóden is meant; and Grimm has good reason to number the Suevi among the worshipers of Ziu[663]. ----- Footnote 657: Mone’s Epinal Glosses gives Tiig, _Mars_, No. 520, and Lye does the same without a reference, but no doubt from some MS. glossary. The form is in the same relation to Tiw as Higan to Hiwan, or gesegen (_visus_) to gesewen; but the long vowel is assured by the double _i_. Footnote 658: