Saxons

Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)

• relationship: He shone out among our own countrymen by his glorious roll of exploits. (The Danish History, > Book Six.)

  "He shone out among our own countrymen by his glorious roll of exploits, and he had also won a most splendid record among all the provinces of the Swedes and Saxons."

• attestation: Meanwhile the Saxons began to attempt a revolt. (The Danish History, > Book Six.)

  "Meanwhile the Saxons began to attempt a revolt, and to consider particularly how they could destroy Frode, who was unconquered in war, by some other way than an open conflict."

• attestation: He condemned his unfilial spirit, because he gaped with repletion and vented his squeamishness in filthy hawkings; because, following the lures of the Saxons, he strayed and departed far from sober... (The Danish History, > Book Six.)

  "He condemned his unfilial spirit, because he gaped with repletion and vented his squeamishness in filthy hawkings; because, following the lures of the Saxons, he strayed and departed far from soberness; because he was so lacking in manhood as not to pursue even the faintest shadow of it."

• attestation: Staggering tipsily backwards, the Saxons ran at him (The Danish History, > Book Seven.)

  "Staggering tipsily backwards, the Saxons ran at him, but his servants came up and slaughtered them."

• attestation: Moreover, on the other side, there were very few Danes (The Danish History, > Book Eight.)

  "Moreover, on the other side, there were very few Danes, but a mass of Saxons and other unmanly peoples stood arrayed."

• attestation: Livonians: For the fleet was augmented by the Sclavs and the Livonians and 7,000 Saxons. (The Danish History, > Book Eight.)

  "For the fleet was augmented by the Sclavs and the Livonians and 7,000 Saxons."

• attestation: Then gathering new strength, and mustering a larger body of forces, he resolved to avenge the wrong he had suffered in losing his sovereignty, not only upon the Saxons, but upon the whole people of... (The Danish History, > Book Eight.)

  "Then gathering new strength, and mustering a larger body of forces, he resolved to avenge the wrong he had suffered in losing his sovereignty, not only upon the Saxons, but upon the whole people of Germany."

• attestation: Meanwhile Gotrik: Meanwhile Gotrik won a glorious victory over the Saxons. (The Danish History, > Book Eight.)

  "Meanwhile Gotrik won a glorious victory over the Saxons."

Vita Merlini

• attestation: Saxon kings will hold cities, lands, and houses for a long time after driving out the citizens (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Saxonici reges, expulsis civibus, urbes Rura domosque simul, per tempora longa tenebunt : Ex hiis gestabunt ter tres diadema dracones."