Ƿє́ондіс іст крíчор єарт ƿíстєрас унд сóþєƿíстєрас. Хiє стартєþ фромє Ƿiлþєƿє́ras þá ƿєарþ скепна Фáiєна. Фáiан ƿóдє хƿо ƿрѣþiþєодєн ƿѵþє Ƿє́сум, хіє банаþєаþ Ƿє́ондсєс ƿѵþє ƿє́ркiœта Шєорфанлустє. Ƿє́ондсєс ѣсєст такєþ Ƿє́сформє, єорþан скєпнаформє хƿœнє прєiан вєiþiнгєþ. Скепнаформє íрфє iст єiнс óг фрѣбє áлiарiккє дє́ос ƿѵþє клœþа мiчє хєóфєна, фанга мiче тœнєна, унд оþєрƿœрдiш стрѵкє. Хiє вєiþiнгєþ дє́оса унд хєiра, хєва лiкєþ вєiþiнган Ƿє́сас. Þѣт iст аiхѣппен þонє нє́iєфру́нон Ƿандорƿє́с рєачєþ íрфє Єндан фромє Ƿє́ондсє хƿœнє хє́ єарт ƿóдƿаiє трєккєþ.
—Ѣþєлiнг Скєпнабóк
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wendir was a cre,ature made from a man, usually a hermit or wild-man, cursed by fey with a type of lycanthropy, an insatiable appetite for human flesh, and a desire for the destruction of human settlements. They are attested by the Salic peoples of western
Sossis, surviving in oral tradition long after the Burning after which they seemed mostly to disappear. They were written about second-hand well into the middle ages, most notably as the "Wéondis" in the
Æðeling Bestiary:
Wendir would have the form of a man, though usually ragged and unkempt, though they were not known to be capable of speech or rational thought. When hunting (animals or men), they would undergo a lycanthropic transformation into a creature resembling a bipedal predatory deer. When in this form, they would attack voraciously with immense strength and frenzy.
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Skorbund ᚹᛖᚾᛞᛁᚱ)
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