Talk:Wiglaf
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While Wiglaf originated with Beowulf, currently there are three Wiglaf's of note. One, Wiglaf Droste, a musician from Germany. Two, Wiglaf computing cluster, built as a second generation Beowulf computing cluster. And three, Wiglaf Journal, a journal devoted to supporting sales and marketing executives in business markets. What each of these have to do with ground based entities would require tremendous imagination.
- If there are articles for all those others, someone could create a disambiguation page. I don't know how to do that myself. Fumblebruschi 19:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Etymology
Wiglaf (proto-norse *Wigalaibaz) has the Old English parts Wig- (war, battle, strife, contest) and -laf (remnant, remain leftover, to leave). Taken together, this makes Wiglaf "what is left over by a war" or "survivor of a war". (Sources: Phyllis Portnoy, 'The "Legacy" of the "Remnant"' PhD Thesis, 1998, University of Manitoba. Peterson, Lena (2007). Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn p.40. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore.(Lexicon of nordic personal names before the 8th century ) I wonder why 'Wig-' in this context could not be 'holy' or 'sacred', as in weoh (18.April 2008, 15:03). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.83.61.65 (talk) 13:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
