Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum 207 — ed. not skaldic
Not published: do not cite (Saxo, Gesta §viii. 14.7)
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Crepusculo appetente inusitate magnitudinis mr nominatim salutatis nauticis Stupentibus cunctis Thorkillus aduen- tum eius alacriter excipiendum admonuit, Guthmundum hunc esse docens, Geruthi fratrem, cunctorum illic applicantium piissimum inter pericula protectorem. Percontantique, quid ita ceteri silentium colerent, refert rudes admodum lingue eius ignoti pudere sermonis. Turn Guthmundus hospitio inuitatos curriculis excipit. Procedentibus amnis aureo ponte permeabilis cernitur. Cuius transeundi cupidos a proposito reuocauit, docens eo alueo humana a monstruosis rerum secreuissef naturam nee mortalibus ultra fas esse uestigiis.
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