TY Steve,

I've been wondering about the "name-calling" found in the Scandinavian versions. The maid is warned not to call out her lover's name in battle. When she does he is stabbed with the fatal blow.

Curiously this happens in "Lord Douglas," although no mention of it is made by Child nor does Lord William instruct her. Stanza 7 is:

7    'O hold your hand, Lord William!' she said,
'For your strokes they are wondrous sair;

Then he receives a mysterious fatal wound (unmentioned) which she sees when they go to the clear water.

Richie