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ArchivesRe: Valborg = Walburga?
in reply to a message by Ylva
Valborg is probably a Norse/Scandinavian variation of Walburga.
St Walburga (after whom Walpurgis Night is named) was a 6th-century English missionary in Germany. Walpurgis Night is the evening/night before St Walburga's feast day, the 1st of May.
Walburga and its variations have completely dropped out of use in England.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
St Walburga (after whom Walpurgis Night is named) was a 6th-century English missionary in Germany. Walpurgis Night is the evening/night before St Walburga's feast day, the 1st of May.
Walburga and its variations have completely dropped out of use in England.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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