...(Scaull heitir ulfr, er fylgir eno scirleita godi til Varna vidar — Grimnersmal, 39). Varna vidr is the forest of the mythic Varnians or Varinians....These expressions — Billing veold Vernum, Varna vidr, and Varins vik — are to be considered as belonging together. So also the local names borrowed...

...peace " : Billing was the divine defender of the Varnians or Varinians, which word, says Rydberg, " means ' defenders ' and the protection here referred to can be none other than that given to the journey1 Presumably Billingham River in Durham was a home of the Billings : there is a Billingley in...