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Why Vé? edit
In every Danish and Swedish source it is known as Vi and not Vé. Why is this English page using the spelling Vé?
It is important to express the right spelling. Because when we encounter vi in place names in Denmark and Sweden, it is usually a good indication that the place was formerly a holy place, a so-called vi (what is written as Vé here).
Reason: I can only guess as to why it is written as Vé in English and my guess will be, that it is to show how to pronounce the word. But as explained the right spelling is also very important.
RhinoMind (talk) 23:47, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- This is a very old question, but for anyone else who sees this page and wonders, the spelling here is the Old Norse spelling. This word became vi in Danish and Swedish, but ve in Norwegian and remained vé in Icelandic. Tristanjlroberts (talk) 15:25, 20 July 2022 (UTC)