Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum 215 — ed. not skaldic
Not published: do not cite (Saxo, Gesta §viii. 14.15)
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Procedentes perfractami scopuli partem nee procul in editiore quodam suggestu senem pertuso corpore discisse rupis plage aduersum residere conspiciunt. Preterea foeminas tres corporeis oneratas strumis ac ueluti dorsi firmitate defectas iunctos occupasse discubitus. Cupientes cognoscere socios Thorkillus, qui probe rerum causas nouerat, docet Thor diuum gigantea quondam insolentia lacessitum per obluctantis Geruthi precordia torridam egisse chaly- bem eademque ulterius lapsa conuulsi montis latera pertudisse. Foeminas uero ui fulminum tactas infracti corporis damno eiusdem numinis attentati poenas pependisse firmabat.
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