History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 1 (of 2)

by S. A. Dunham

And couches till he’s man agen.

Harold the Dauntless, Canto iii. st. 8.

[77]. Saxonis Grammatici Hist. Dan., passim. Ihre, Glossarium Suio-Gothicum, sub voce Berserker. Depping, Histoire des Expeditions Maritimes des Normands, tom. i. chap. 2.

[78]. Saxonis Grammatici Hist. Dan. lib. v.

[79]. Son of the celebrated chief of this name. See before, page [77].

[80]. See Introduction, sketch of Odin’s life.

[81]. Saxonis Grammatici Historia Danica, lib. vi.–viii. pp. 102–149. Ynglinga Saga, cap. xxix. (apud Snorronis Heimskringlam, tom. i.). Eyrbiggia Saga, passim.

[82]. According to the ancient geographers, the flat earth lay in the centre, while the sea, like a circle, surrounded it. This sea was believed to contain many wonders.

[83]. Saxo evidently alludes to that part of the coast situated on the Arctic Ocean, near the North Cape.

[84]. Saxonis Grammatici Historia Danica, lib. viii. p. 160–162.