In Anglosaxon, Nóð: this occurs rarely save in composition, where it seems to denote bravery or courage. But it is to be observed that nóð is the name of a ship or large boat; and it is worth inquiry whether the Teutonic goddess Zíza, probably in Anglosaxon Táte, may not have been identical with this Nanna, instead of Frouwa. The dragging about a boat or ship was peculiar to Zíza’s worship. Deut. Myth. p. 237, _seq._ ----- Of these details, the Anglosaxon mythology knows nothing, in the forms which have survived: and perhaps in this peculiar myth we may recognize something of an astronomical character, which can certainly not be attributed to other Northern legends. However this may be, we must content ourselves with the traces here given of Pol, as one form of Baldr, and with the genealogical relation which has been noticed. Meagre as these facts undoubtedly are, they are amply sufficient to prove that the most beloved of the Northern gods was not altogether a stranger to their children in this island. Perhaps the adoption of another creed led to the absorption of this divinity into a person of far higher and other dignity, which, while it smoothed the way for the reception of Christianity, put an end for ever to even the record of his sufferings. GEÁT, in Old-norse GAUTR, in Old-German KÓZ.—A cursory allusion has already been made to Geát, probably only another form of Wóden, since in the mythology of the North, Oþinn is Gaútr, but certainly the eponymus of the Geátas, that tribe of whom Beówulf was the champion and afterwards the king. Geát appears in the Westsaxon genealogy as a progenitor of Wóden, but this collocation is unimportant in mythological inquiries. It is probable that Gapt, whom Jornandes places at the head of the Gothic genealogy, is only a misreading of Gavt, which is the equivalent Gothic form of Geát, and that Sigegeát, Angelgeát, Waðelgeát, which occur in other Anglosaxon genealogies, are identical with him[689]. His love for Maðhild, a legend unknown to all the nations of the North, save our own forefathers, is noticed in the Exeter Book: it is there said, We ðæt Mæðhilde To Mǽðhild, we the tale have monge gefrunon heard, that endless was the wurdon grundleáse love of Geat, so that the pain Geátes frige of love took all sleep from ðæt him seó sorglufu him[690]. slǽp ealle binom.