poeticurn

Updated: January 16, 2026

With regard to the first three heads, the reader who wishes to see how Saxo compares with the Old Northern poems may be referred to the Grimm Centenary papers, Oxford, 1886, and the Corpus Poeticurn Boreale, Oxford, 1883. In Denmark this was at a stone circle, and the stability of these stones was taken as an omen for the king's reign. The king was of age at twelve.

Grammaticus Saxo - The Danish History, Books I-IX