[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.