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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Gauti Lv 1VIII (Gautr 1)

[1-3]: A trace of this motif also appears in Saxo’s account of the hero Starkaðr’s adventures. Saxo (Saxo 2015, I, vi. 5. 11, pp. 384-7) tells that Starkaðr travelled to Ireland, where the ruler was one Huglecus, who had the reputation for being so mean that, when he offered someone a pair of shoes, he first withdrew the laces, thereby turning the gift into an insult.

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  2. Saxo 2015 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2015. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes. Trans. Peter Fisher. Oxford Medieval Texts. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon.

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