I was only quoting the index of PF - - not indulging in
pseudo-etymologies
this time.
Carolyn
>"Odevalla, a fine town north of Onhava in E. Zembla, once the
mayorship of > the worthy Zule
("chessrook") Bretwit, granduncle of Oswin Bretwit (q.v., > q.v., as the crows say)."