[1] Goðrøðr ‘Guðrøðr’: An attempt has been made to identify Guðrøðr with the Godofridus mentioned in the Royal Frankish Annals, a Danish king who ruled in Schleswig and died c. 810 during a struggle with Charlemagne because of a servant’s treason (Munch 1852-63, I, 384-6; Storm 1875, 63-9). Jessen (1871, 20) and Steenstrup (1876, 68-80), followed by Finnur Jónsson (1895, 358), correctly dismiss this.
References
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