The Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX) on Gunwar
The Danish History, > Book Five.
attestation: Frode had a sister named Gunwar who was surnamed the Fair for her beauty
"the king had a sister, Gunwar, surnamed the Fair because of her surpassing beauty"
attestation: Gunwar retreated to a fortified building with thirty attendants for protection against Grep
"She, much fearing the impudence of her wooer, and wishing to be safer from outrage, went into a fortified building. Thirty attendants were given to her"
attestation: Gunwar protested the threshold trick as unworthy of a king
"when Gunwar said that such a trick ought not to be permitted by a king"
attestation: The flyting wager was deposited with Gunwar as judge
"the gage was deposited with Gunwar"
attestation: Gunwar woke Erik in the night and urged him to flee, and they went to the shore together
"In the night Gunwar awoke Erik silently, and pointed out to him that they ought to fly, saying that it was very expedient to return with safe chariot ere harm was done"
attestation: Erik tested Gunwar's fidelity by suggesting she might prefer a king to a commoner, and she rebuked him passionately
"And so thou art prepared to bring on me the worst of shame by leaving me a widow, whom thou lovedst dearly as a maid!"
attestation: Gunwar requested her wedding to Gotar be delayed until after Erik's nuptials were completed
"she besought him to suffer Erik's nuptials to precede hers; because, if Erik's were accomplished first, there would be a better opportunity for the king's"
attestation: Gunwar used the hole in the party-wall to move between rooms, appearing beside both Gotar and Erik alternately
"Gunwar, as she had been previously bidden, went through the hole in the party-wall where the lath had been removed, and took the seat next to Erik"
attestation: Gunwar explained her appearance in Erik's room by claiming to be Gunwar's sister, exploiting the physical resemblance
"She said that she was Gunwar's sister, and that the king was deceived by the likeness of their looks"